Hamas slams ‘massacre’ of Morsi supporters in Cairo

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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 08, 2013 (AFP)

Gaza’s Islamist Hamas rulers on Monday condemned the “massacre” of dozens of people demonstrating against last week’s military coup which ousted former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, calling for an end to the bloodshed.

“Hamas condemns the massacre of dozens of peaceful Egypt civilians today at dawn, expresses its profound pain and sadness over the victims, and calls for an end to the bloodshed among the Egyptian people,” it said in a statement.

According to the Muslim Brotherhood, the party from which Morsi hails, at least 35 people were killed when soldiers and police opened fire on a group of its activists who were holding dawn prayers at their protest camp outside the headquarters of the elite Republican Guard in Cairo.

But a senior medical official put the death toll at 42 and said 322 people were wounded in an attack whose circumstances were disputed, with witnesses saying the army had only fired tear gas and warning shots, claiming the gunfire was carried out by “thugs” dressed as civilians.

In a statement, the army said “armed terrorists” tried to storm the base, leaving one security officer dead and six critically wounded.

Last week, senior Hamas official Yussef Rizq had criticised the ouster of Morsi in a posting on his Facebook page.

“What happened in Egypt, his eviction and removal of power, is not part of a genuine democratic process, because they used military force and not the voice of the people through elections,” Rizq wrote on Thursday.

PJD slams the Istiqlal party, says it ‘is in war between good and evil’

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By Tarik Elbarakah

Morocco World News

Inzegan, Agadir, June 23, 2013

Amid the overwhelming chanting of pro-PJD slogans, Lahcen Daoudi, the minister of higher education, entered the electrified arena pumping his fists as hundreds of the party members and sympathizers from all over the region of Souss Massa Daraa, in southern Morocco, stood to welcome their guest who came to give the opening statement of the second PJD youth’s regional assembly held on Saturday in Inzegane.

After listening to beautifully-recited quranic verses and glorifying the country by repeating the national hymn, the party’s parliamentarians from the Souss Massa Daraa region took the floor and spoke for minutes and minutes while their long-awaited VIP visitor was scrolling down his tablet with his seemed-to-be-injured finger.

Khalid Elboukeraai, who was recently elected as the national secretary of the PJD youth, opened fire on Hamid Chabat, the general secretary of the Istiqlal party, whom he described as “a leader made from paper,” and carried on bombarding several former and current ministers who belong to the Istiqlal party and hold them responsible for Morocco’s status quo.

When it was Daoudi’s turn to take the microphone, the segregated crowd went crazy and the pro-PJD and Benkirane slogans erupted once again.

“It’s a war between good and evil,” he said, “there is no alternative to the PJD during the current circumstances.”

In his unprepared speech, the minister focused mainly on education, but he seized the opportunity to attack his political adversaries whom he called “ snakes”, and kept assuring that his party’s ultimate interest is the prosperity of Morocco not to win the elections.

Lahcen Daoudi who came 2 hours behind schedule said that the new rules he and his colleagues in the ruling coalition are implementing are simple: “Either to work or get out!”.

As he was about the end of his one and a half hour long speech, Daoudi Addressed his party’s young militants and said: “Be proud, don’t be intimidated by the other, you are reforming.”

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