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Brotherhood's popularity a false analyst

A collection of news 4/9/2013 about Egypt. from BBc: قراءة في نتائج انتخابات التي خاضها الاخوان المسلمين بعد الثورة (تقرير BBc( Egypt: What poll results reveal about Brotherhood's popularity By Nicholas Wade BBC Middle East analyst Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won every democratic vote held in Egypt since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak - but the results alone do not give a true picture of the strength of their popularity. Assessing the popularity of Arab presidents, their political parties, and ideologies had long been impossible, given the absence of free speech and assembly under the Middle East's authoritarian governments. That changed with the Arab Spring when democracy, which evolved over centuries in most countries, was introduced almost overnight into several of the region's states. Egypt's famous revolution of 2011 now faces profound challenges, but it did bring - for a few years at least - democratic institutions: Two referendums, ...

Egypt cabinet to hold metting

http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-916921.html Egypt cabinet to hold crisis meeting August 18, 2013 8:37 AM Egypt's cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, where hundreds have died in clashes in recent days. The interim prime minister has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood. Its members are key supporters of Mohammed Morsi, whose ousting as president sparked Egypt's stand-off. The interim government is continuing to crack down on protests by the Brotherhood, but more demonstrations are planned around Cairo on Sunday. Many Egyptians support government efforts to quash Brotherhood protests Overnight, television pictures showed protesters on the streets of Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, and in Helwan and Minya to the south of Cairo, in defiance of an overnight curfew. On Saturday Egypt's security forces cleared the al-Fath mosque in Cairo after a long stand-off with Muslim Brotherhood supporters barricade...

Coptic Christian churches, buildings targeted in Egypt for second straight day

Coptic Christian churches, buildings targeted in Egypt for second straight day Published August 15, 2013 | FoxNews.com ADVERTISEMENT Attacks on Coptic Christian churches in Egypt continued for a second day Thursday, the country’s state-run news agency said, as Muslim Brotherhood supporters torched a church in a province outside of Cairo. Egypt's MENA agency said supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi set fire to the Prince Tadros church in the province of Fayoum, where three similar attacks occurred on other churches the day before. Ishaq Ibrahim from The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights group, documented as many as 39 incidents of violence against churches, monasteries, Coptic schools and shops in different parts of the country on Wednesday. Violence across Egypt in the past two days has left at least 638 dead and 4,200 injured, according to Health Ministry figures. Looking to crack down on church-related attacks, Egyptian authorities on Thursday referred 84 ...

Huge rallies by supporters of Egypt reveliostion and army

Huge rival rallies grip Egypt http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23472072 MIDDLE EAST 26 July 2013  Last updated at 23:22 GMT Egypt crisis: Huge rival rallies as Morsi is accused Huge rallies by supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist president are continuing into the night with five people killed in Alexandria. In what is seen as a trial of strength, supporters of Mohammed Morsi filled the streets around a mosque in Cairo to condemn his removal by the army. Army supporters converged on Tahrir Square, just a few miles away. The detained ex-leader has been formally accused of conspiring with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Early on Saturday, Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said the sit-in protest by Morsi supporters at the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo would be "brought to an end soon and in a legal manner". He gave no details but said local residents had complained about the encampment. Earlier this week, army...