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Protesters Defy Orders Imposed By President Morsy

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Anti-government protesters ignored Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy's curfew order in cities along the Suez Canal. CNN's Zain Verjee reports.

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Shura Council committee says female protesters should take responsibility, if harassed (egyptindependent, Feb 11, 2013)
http://bit.ly/U88DIa
"... Major General Adel Afify, member of the committee representing the Salafi Asala Party, criticized female protesters, saying that they "know they are among thugs. They should protect themselves before requesting that the Interior Ministry does so. By getting herself involved in such circumstances, the woman has 100 percent responsibility ..."

Black Bloc must die, say Jihad and Jama'a al-Islamiya (egyptindependent, Jan 29, 2013)
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/black-bloc-must-die-say-jihad-and-jama-al-islamiya
"The Islamist party of the Jihad Organization and Jama'a al-Islamiya has said the ways of dealing with banditry specified in the Quran must be applied to Black Bloc members, which means they must be killed. "God orders us to kill, crucify or cut off the hands and feet of those who spread mischief on earth," said Jama'a al-Islamiya Mufti Abdel Akhar Hammad, citing a verse from the Quran. "The president must give that order." Mohamed Samra of the Jihad Organization said that the Black Bloc group is financed from abroad and must be killed, and that the National Salvation Front members must be arrested and charged with incitement to riot.Last week, Cairo witnessed the first appearance groups describing themselves as the Black Bloc. Decked in black and wearing masks, they clashed with police forces at Qasr al-Aini Street on Thursday. They said they would fight with the police if it targeted protesters. Previously unknown, the Black Bloc's goals remain unclear and its members generally avoid media contact..."

Egyptian official warns of state's collapse as protesters defy curfew order
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/29/world/africa/egypt-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
"The raucous political turmoil dividing Egypt could spell the demise of a country that just recently celebrated hopes of a democratic future, the defense minister said. "The ongoing conflict among the various political forces ... may lead to the collapse of the state and threaten the future of our coming generations," Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday. Anti-government protesters ignored Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy's curfew order in cities along the Suez Canal and clashed with police and troops, state-run media reported Tuesday..."

Group says sexual assaults on the rise in Tahrir Square (CNN, Jan 29, 2013)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/29/world/africa/egypt-sexual-assault-allegations/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
"Sexual violence against female protestors at Cairo's Tahrir Square appears to be increasing, an activist group devoted to end such assaults said Tuesday. Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault said it intervened in 15 of 19 reported sexual assaults on Friday when 10,000 people gathered in the square on the two-year anniversary of the start of the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. "These attacks represent a startling escalation of violence against women in Tahrir Square in terms of the number of incidents and the extremity of the violence which took place," the group said in a news release.The organization said some of the cases involved life-threatening violence where the attackers used knives or other weapons. It said some of its members also were attacked during rescue attempts..."

Radical Past: Former Associate Calls Morsi a 'Master of Disguise' (Spiegel, Jan 28, 2013)
http://www.spiegel.de/international/egyptian-president-reportedly-not-as-conciliatory-to-israel-as-he-appears-a-880111.html
"To comprehend the Egyptian president and grasp how the Muslim Brotherhood shapes its members, it helps to speak with men who knew Morsi during his time with the Islamist organization -- and who also have the courage to speak openly about the group. Abdel-Jalil el-Sharnoubi, 38, talks about how dangerous this can be. Last October, after he had spoken about quitting the Brotherhood to Egyptian newspapers and in TV appearances, masked men opened fire on Sharnoubi's car with submachine guns..."

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