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source: Egypt at 'dangerous stalemate' in political crisis | Reuters
Egypt at 'dangerous stalemate' in political crisis
By Shadia Nasralla and Angus MacSwan
CAIRO | Wed Aug 7, 2013 5:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - Egypt's political crisis entered a tense phase on Wednesday after international mediation efforts collapsed and the army-installed government repeated its threat to take action against supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Both sides called their supporters on to the streets on Thursday, while Mursi supporters in two protest camps in Cairo strengthened sandbag-and-brick barricades in readiness for any action by security forces.
Acting President Adli Mansour, in a message on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, said Egypt was in critical circumstances. The interim government would press on with its own plan to hold new elections in nine months, he said.
"The train of the future has departed, and everyone must realize the moment and catch up with it, and whoever fails to realize this moment must take responsibility for their decision," he said.
Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said the government's decision to dismantle the protest camps was final and its patience had nearly expired.
Beblawi accused protesters of inciting violence, blocking roads and detaining citizens, and he warned that any further violence would be met "with utmost force and decisiveness."
People should leave the camps now, Beblawi said.
source: Muslim Brotherhood accused of using children as pawns | GulfNews.com
Muslim Brotherhood accused of using children as pawns
Some pro-Mursi supporters have said they are ready to offer their children as martyrs
By Ayman Sharaf, Special to Gulf NewsPublished: 14:19 August 8, 2013
Now, in the Rabaa Al Adawiya sit-ins, Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi are doing the same but with a twist.
Mothers say they know their children could be in harms way but they believe their cause is worth fighting and dying for, according to Wael Khalil, a veteran activist who advocated for the ouster of Mursi and of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
More shocking was footage that has emerged of Egyptian children being dressed in white death shrouds in preparation for their martyrdom by pro-Mursi families in a large demonstration at Rabaa Al Adawiya last week.
The children were heard chanting pre-rehearsed lines and were seen carrying posters that read I am ready to [become a] martyr! during a short march.
As I saw the face of a five-year-old carrying his coffin and innocently smiling out of happiness because hes participating along with other children in a big game, I felt disgusted. These people are willing to murder children in order to make political gains, said Azza Al Ashmawi, director of the Child Anti-Trafficking Unit at the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood NCCM.
This is a cruel picture that the Brotherhood thought would help them gain global sympathy as the world watches, Azza added.
We are willing to offer more martyrs to our cause. We will not hesitate to sacrifice our children as martyrs in order to restore Egypts Mohammad Mursi, said a female Brotherhood leader during the funerals of three women who were killed in a protest in Al Mansoura last month.
Azza considered these childrens parents as either brainwashed by the Brotherhoods leadership or convinced that their children will go to heaven or paid for allowing their children to participate in the protest.
More dangerous is that some orphanages affiliated to the Brotherhood involved orphans in this battle, according to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry two days before. The statement accused the Brotherhood of committing a criminal violation of human rights.
Although they are the ones pushing them to the front rows of clashes, the Brotherhood aims to exploit the injury of children and market it to the world public opinion as an aggression against children, the statement reads.
Witnesses confirm that Rabaa Al Adawiyas protesters are exploiting children, using them to collect and break rocks in order to use them in clashes against the army, the police and their opponents.
I think we will have to agree to disagree. Bassem Youssef should have done more to condemn the coup and the crimes it committed, I agree. Although by mocking the support for the military by some people, he obviously was challenging people those who are behind Sissi to think and question their stance.
We know what he said on twitter. He said #not_a_coupI think that by labeling the new government as "pharaohs" and describing support for it as "fascism", he also spoke out against it. This was the first episode he put on since the coup on his tv station. We have no idea how much more he would have said had he not been shut down.
Oh, wow, Bassem, that helps so much AFTER you supported the coup & refused to call it as such. Maybe you should've thought about that before you endorsed the pro-coup view in the beginning. You reap what you sow.Taking on a more serious tone at the end of the episode, Youssef – who was called in by Morsi-appointed general prosecutor Talaat Abdullah during Morsi's tenure on charges of insulting the president – stated "I am not with the [Islamists], who attacked us and declared us apostates ... and publicly called for our imprisonment."
"At the same time, I am not with hypocrisy, deification of individuals and creation of pharaohs," he went on. "We are afraid that fascism in the name of religion will be replaced with fascism in the name of nationalism," Youssef added, expressing concern over the possible suppression of free media during the transitional period.
Some people from the public wanted to take him to court but all charges were dropped. His show was never canceled indefinitely to the best of my knowledge.This is not the first time for CBC to suspend Youssef's show. In 2012, the channel suspended the first season's second episode, during which Youssef made fun of both famous CBC presenters as well as then-president Mohamed Morsi. Youssef later broadcasted the episode on YouTube.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCon...ussefs-TV-show-ElBernameg-suspended-CBC-.aspx
Interestingly, Bassem Youssef's show was shut down under Morsi also.
Agreed.I think we agree on more than we disagree. I believe that the military's crimes and the bloodshed it perpetrates are far more massive than the killings of some demonstrators under Morsi. I condemn them and have written letters to my leaders urging them to cut off support for the junta. You have condemned burnings of the churches in Egypt as well as attacks on Christians there, which I appreciate and respect you doing.
Just like what I believe of the Copts.I do not believe the Muslim Brotherhood are as evil as portrayed by the murderous junta and its supporters. I also do not believe they are as innocent as you portray them to be.
Thank you for showing us the other side of the coin. Didn't see this from the OP who has been very one-sided.
VERY VALID POINT.. thanks for this
you're very welcomeThank you for showing us the other side of the coin. Didn't see this from the OP who has been very one-sided.
You know what, after having read that he wrote "not a coup" on his Twitter account, I have lost a lot of respect for him also. Also, calling the Muslim Brotherhood "nazis" and only being able to say "enough" when the army was gunning people down shows he is either a coward or an idiot or supportive of murder... or all three.Not only did he NOT condemn the coup, he refused to call it a coup in the beginning. Fat load of good it does now. The damage has been done. And in the beginning days of the coup he had the audacity to say that the Muslim Brotherhood is sending people to die for the cause so as to seem like victims to the world. He called the Muslim Brotherhood nazis but all he could muster up the strength for when 50 anti-coup protesters were killed was, "Enough." And he has never even apologized for his part in the coup. If he had at least said that, then maybe I would respect him a little more.
In short, he was a jackass and I'm glad that the pro-coup people have bitten the hand that fed them (i.e. one of the people spewing anti-Morsi propaganda to rile up the pro-coup protesters). All of these treacherous people deserve each other, from Bassem Youssef to the Nour party to the Coptic Church to the Imam of al-Azhar to the military and police that they all supported.
We know what he said on twitter. He said #not_a_coup
Also, he was not shut down. They apparently wanted to start airing the show after Ramadhaan and 'Eid al-Adha.
Oh, wow, Bassem, that helps so much AFTER you supported the coup & refused to call it as such. Maybe you should've thought about that before you endorsed the pro-coup view in the beginning. You reap what you sow.
Some people from the public wanted to take him to court but all charges were dropped. His show was never canceled indefinitely to the best of my knowledge.
Agreed.
Just like what I believe of the Copts.
The trial has been adjourned until January 8th, 2014.
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