Egypt issues orders to arrest Brotherhood leader, 9 others
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July 11, 2013, Thursday
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AUTHORITIES escalated their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday, ordering the arrest of its spiritual leader for inciting violence this week in which more than 50 people were killed in clashes with security forces in Cairo.
One week after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi and began moving against his Muslim Brotherhood movement, prosecutors issued a warrant for the arrest of the group's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, as well as nine other leading Islamists.
According to a statement from the prosecutor general's office, they are suspected of instigating Monday's violence outside a Republican Guard building that grew into the worst bloodshed since Morsi was toppled.
Members of the Brotherhood and other Islamists have denounced Morsi's ouster and have refused offers by the military-backed interim leadership to join any transition plan for a new government. They demand nothing less than Morsi's release from detention and his reinstatement as president.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti gave the first official word on Morsi in days, saying the ousted leader is in a safe place and is being treated in a "very dignified manner." No charges have been leveled against him. "For his own safety and for the safety of the country, it is better to keep him ... otherwise, consequences will be dire," Abdel-Atti added.
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters are continuing a sit-in at the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque near the Republican Guard building that was the site of Monday's clashes that killed 54 people, most of them Morsi supporters. The Islamists have accused the troops of gunning down protesters, while the military blamed armed backers of Morsi for provoking its forces.
Last Friday, Badie delivered a fiery speech near the mosque to tens of thousands of his supporters in which he told them, "God make Morsi victorious. ... We are his soldiers. We defend him with our lives."
Following that speech, thousands of Islamists marched in the streets and clashed with Morsi opponents in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt, leaving over 30 dead and 200 injured.
After a week of violence and mass demonstrations, Egyptians were hoping that yesterday's start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will significantly calm the streets.
One week after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi and began moving against his Muslim Brotherhood movement, prosecutors issued a warrant for the arrest of the group's supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, as well as nine other leading Islamists.
According to a statement from the prosecutor general's office, they are suspected of instigating Monday's violence outside a Republican Guard building that grew into the worst bloodshed since Morsi was toppled.
Members of the Brotherhood and other Islamists have denounced Morsi's ouster and have refused offers by the military-backed interim leadership to join any transition plan for a new government. They demand nothing less than Morsi's release from detention and his reinstatement as president.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti gave the first official word on Morsi in days, saying the ousted leader is in a safe place and is being treated in a "very dignified manner." No charges have been leveled against him. "For his own safety and for the safety of the country, it is better to keep him ... otherwise, consequences will be dire," Abdel-Atti added.
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters are continuing a sit-in at the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque near the Republican Guard building that was the site of Monday's clashes that killed 54 people, most of them Morsi supporters. The Islamists have accused the troops of gunning down protesters, while the military blamed armed backers of Morsi for provoking its forces.
Last Friday, Badie delivered a fiery speech near the mosque to tens of thousands of his supporters in which he told them, "God make Morsi victorious. ... We are his soldiers. We defend him with our lives."
Following that speech, thousands of Islamists marched in the streets and clashed with Morsi opponents in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt, leaving over 30 dead and 200 injured.
After a week of violence and mass demonstrations, Egyptians were hoping that yesterday's start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will significantly calm the streets.
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