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| Egypt Islamists Call 'Million-Man March' for June 21 |
| 2013-06-13 |
| [An Nahar] Egyptian Islamist parties, including the president's, on Wednesday called for a "million-man march" on June 21 to counter a planned protest at the end of the month outside the presidential palace. "Islamist parties have decided to organize a 'million-man march' in front of Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque (in a Cairo suburb) on Friday, June 21, under the slogan: 'Protect the revolution. Yes to peace, no to violence'," said President Mohamed Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party, political arm of the Moslem Brüderbund, on its website. An opposition-backed campaign dubbed Tamarrod, Arabic for rebellion, has called for an anti-Morsi demonstration outside the palace on June 30, the first anniversary of his election. It says it has gathered millions of signatures to a petition demanding that Morsi step down to pave the way for an early presidential election. In a newspaper interview published last week, Morsi himself dismissed the call for an early election as "absurd and illegitimate", and in violation of the constitution. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I thought Islamist parties love violence if they don't get their way? Must be cause Morsi is in trouble/unpopular! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2013-06-13 10:59 |
| #2 Sounds like a target rich environment for anyone that's thinking along those lines. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-06-13 07:20 |
| #1 Be interesting to count heads mainly to see how much "Over counting" there is. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-13 01:37 |