Egypt: duelling protests called for first Friday of Ramadan..

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Egypt: duelling protests called for first Friday of Ramadan

Egyptian activists have called for rival rallies today, the first Friday of Ramadan, as tensions continue to boil over the army's overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi.

A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi holds the Koran as she shouts slogans after breaking fast on the first day of Ramadan at the Rabaa Adawiya square, where Mursi supporters are camping, in Cairo Photo: REUTERS








By AFP

3:18PM BST 12 Jul 2013


The Muslim Brotherhood, the influential group from which Mr Morsi emerged, has vowed to keep protesting until he is reinstated, and has called separate rallies across Cairo.

Tens of thousands of supporters of Mr Morsi gathered vowing to keep fighting for his reinstatement, as rival rallies defending his overthrow underlined Egypt's bitter divisions.

But the group's ability to mobilise remains in question with much of its leadership detained, on the run or keeping a low profile.

The anti-Morsi camp has also called for huge rallies after weekly Friday prayers, in Tahrir Square and at the Itihadiya presidential palace, with a mass iftar – the breaking of the Muslim fast – planned at sundown in the central plaza.

The rival rallies have raised fears of a fresh eruption of the violence that has shaken the country since the army removed Mr Morsi from his post on July 3 after millions took to the streets demanding his resignation.

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