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Egypt’s former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa speaks during the King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week prize ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amman April 27, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
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An Egyptian policeman stands in the middle of al-Haram street in Cairo on August 14, 2014, during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
Muslim Brotherhood incapable of organzing large-scale protests: official
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Brotherhood are no longer capable of carrying out large-scale protests on the Egyptian street, a senior Egyptian Interior Ministry official said. Head of the Interior Ministry’s Public Relations and Media Department, Maj. Gen....Caption:
Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi raise up posters with the four finger symbol during a demonstration against the military backed government in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on September 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD KHALED)
The Egyptian Brotherhood’s Splinter Cells
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Driven underground once again by the Egyptian government after the ousting of former president Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood now faces a number of internal divisions that threaten to permanently fracture the organization. These new...Caption:
A flag of the “Rabaa” gesture, in reference to the police clearing of Rabaa Al-Adawiya protest camp on August 14, is pictured during a protest by supporters of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi in Cairo on August 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)
Egypt: Sharp decline in Brotherhood protester turnout
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Brotherhood’s attempts to organize protests to demand the reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed Mursi on Friday ended quietly as the total number of protesters declined markedly from previous weeks. The small turnout prompted...Caption:
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) watch a football match between the two main Cairo protest camps by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and backers of the ousted Islamist leader set up at the Nahda and Rabaa al-Adawiya squares, on August 11, 2013 in Cairo’s al-Nahda square. (AFP PHOTO/ KHALED DESOUKI.)