CAIRO, July 24, 2013 (AFP)
CAIRO, July 24, 2013 (AFP)
Egyptian Islamists called mass anti-coup protests for Friday, the same day the army chief has called for public rallies to give him a mandate to fight “terrorism and violence.”
The marches will be held in all provinces under the slogan “the people want to bring down the coup,” the Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Islamists, who had said they intended to hold rallies on Friday, publicised the starting points for the marches hours after General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for mass protests to justify a crackdown on “terrorism and violence.”
Morsi loyalists have vowed to continue demonstrating until president Mohamed Morsi, overthrown in a coup on July 3, is reinstated.
The Brotherhood condemned Sissi’s call for protests as a “threat” that would not prevent them from continuing their protests.
