Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition

June 19, 2013 @ 4:27 am


Tourism workers and activists in Luxor protest a newly appointed Islamist governor and block his office Tuesday June 18, 2013. Adel el-Khayat was named to the provincial governor's post Sunday by President Mohammed Morsi, causing outrage because of his links to Gamaa Islamiya, which waged an armed insurgency against the state starting in 1992 and attacked police, Coptic Christians and tourists. Tourism is the lifeblood of Luxor but it has been hit hard by the downturn in foreign visitors since the Arab Spring unleashed political turmoil since 2011. Signs in Arabic read, "The plot you are hatching, we will undo" and "leave terrorist." (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed) | Zoom

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors.

A Wednesday statement by the Freedom and Justice party, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the refusal of opposition leaders to talk to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was to blame for the violence in four Nile Delta provinces, the city of Alexandria and two regions south of the capital, Cairo.

The clashes, many of which involved Brotherhood members, erupted following Monday's appointment of 17 new governors, who included seven from the group.

The statement made no mention of the part played by Morsi's supporters, and said the violence was a preview of what could happen during mass protests against Morsi's rule planned for June 30.


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  • hnuh wrote...
    A very
    March 11, 2013 8:09 am
    springy Arab spring! Militias! Here in the US the nasty militias'd be getting missile visits from predator drones if the administration had its way.
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