PRO MORSI CALLS FOR HUGE RALLY AFTER JUMAH PRAY

Cairo, 26 Sha’ban 1434/5 July 2013 (MINA) – The Muslim Brotherhood as well million of people have called for mass protests in response to the military coup that led to the fall of former President Mohamed Morsi.

An Islamist coalition, led by the Brotherhood, called for people on Thursday to take part in a “Friday of Rejection” protest following weekly prayers.

There will be million of people who stands for its elected president in some areas in Egypt, such as 6 October area, Cairo, Iskandariah, Dakhiliyyah, Bani Sueif, Asyut, Aswan, Kafru Syaikh, Qana, Dammaeta, etc, MINA’s correspondent in Cairo reported.

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Not only in Cairo, hundreds of people in Turkey will do the same acts in Ankara and another cities in Turkey.

Egypt’s army released a statement later on Thursday on its Facebook page, saying that the right to peaceful protest should not be abused, as it could lead to civil unrest, while re-iterating that it was not targeting any political group, Al Jazeera reported.

“Wisdom, true nationalism and constructive human values that all religions have called for, require us now to avoid taking any exceptional or arbitrary measures against any faction or political current,” the statement said.

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“Peaceful protest and freedom of expression are rights guaranteed to everyone, which Egyptians have earned as one of the most important gains of their glorious revolution,” according to the army’s statement.

“Excessive use of this right without reason could carry some negative implications, including blocking roads, delaying public benefits and destroying institutions, posing a threat to social peace, the national interest and damaging the security and economy in our precious Egypt.”

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)