Egyptian High Clerics warn of 'Civil war' ahead of mass protests
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Egypt risks sliding into civil war, the country's leading religious authority warned Friday, as the nation braced itself for mass nationwide protests.
Organizers of "June 30" demonstrations — which mark one year since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's election — claim they have the backing of an estimated 15 million Egyptians who want him to resign.
Building on discontent about a range of social and economic issues, Morsi's opponents hope to force early presidential elections. His supporters, meanwhile, have promised they will also take to the streets to defend the Muslim Brotherhood-backed government. "Vigilance is required to ensure we do not slide into civil war," clerics of the Al-Azhar institute said in a statement broadly supportive of Morsi, Reuters reported.
It blamed "criminal gangs" who besieged mosques for street violence that the Brotherhood said has killed five of its supporters in a week.
The dispute and recent violence — one man was shot dead and four other people were wounded in an attack on a Muslim Brotherhood office Thursday — was an ill omen for Sunday's marches. The country's powerful army, which helped protesters topple Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime in 2011, has reinforced its presence in cities like Cairo and Port Said.
Munim said he believed "most" of Egypt's registered 50 million voters will be out on the streets, supporting one side or the other.
"There is no security. There is economic collapse. The electricity cuts off and everybody is suffering. They will say Morsi is not at fault, but electricity didn't cut off when the military governed."
Aziz, meanwhile, said his life had improved under Morsi and accused the mostly secular opposition of "waging a war against Islam."
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Pic related.
Have you ever been so angry you started wearing a cardboard box for a hat ?
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I'd like to think that if a civil war had to happen Egypt would at least get a better leader out of it.
But they probably wouldn't.
Good, give those radicals a run for their money.
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is that a.. is that a cinnamon bun on his forehead?
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Right wing extremists don't need to cheat to win, especially in such religious countries so I have my doubts that this is fraud.
Ugh, a friend of mine is taking part in this protest and I told her to stay indoors because it seems these protests are just going to kick off.
Good, this is how real men fight for freedom when all alternatives are lost.
[QUOTE=Aspen;41250984]is that a.. is that a cinnamon bun on his forehead?[/QUOTE]
i always wondered, was this guy alluding to optimus prime? cause it looks like lol
cinnamon prime, defeated the evil gadaftron.
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