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Egyptian student dies during protests at campus
2013-12-29
Riot police moved into Egypt's main Islamic university on Saturday, firing teargas and breaking up a strike by students that threatened to disrupt midterms. One student was killed in the melee, an administration building was torched and students fled from exam rooms.

Police say they entered eastern Cairo's Al Azhar campus, the site of frequent clashes in recent weeks, and deployed around other Egyptian universities to prevent supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi from intimidating other students trying to take the tests.

Pro-Mursi activists have called for an exam boycott but deny government claims that they threatened anyone.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  the scientists and engineers have successfully fought infiltration -- and are hated for doing so and are an Ikhwan target.

But former President Morsi is a an engineer as I recall, Spigum Tojo8813. On the other hand, he did get his education in America -- perhaps that's why.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-12-29 09:42  

#1  Al Azhar is not a Muslim Brotherhood stronghold. Rather, its leadership, especially the Grand Mufti, have decried efforts by the Ikhwan to infiltrate the place. The students who torched the engineering cafeteria were Ikhwan punks. Historically, the Ikhwan has tried to control the "professions" (doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, teachers); the scientists and engineers have successfully fought infiltration -- and are hated for doing so and are an Ikhwan target.
Posted by: Spigum Tojo8813   2013-12-29 08:29  

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