Muslim Brotherhood calls for more protests in Egypt

Supporters of the deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gather at the Rabaa to the Adweya mosque.

CAIRO: New leadership of Egypt to discuss the appointment of a Prime Minister, now that both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents asked new mass demonstrations on Sunday, renewing fears of another round of street violence on the expulsion of the military of the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Calls for competition rallies come after clashes two hours ago between the left of factions at least 36 dead and more than 1,000 injured throughout the country.

The military said troops are to reinforce security ahead of the protests and warned against any "provocative action". Any violators will be "treated with decision, under the law," said the spokesman for the army in an official publication of Facebook. In violence on Friday it sided with the crowds of anti-Morsi, and in one case, they opened fire on demonstrators pro-Morsi.

The brotherhood, which helped boost Morsi to power as the first leader democratically elected from Egypt, has denounced the movement of the armed forces as a coup against democracy and demands to be reinstated. Currently, Morsi is stopped with the military, although its location is unknown.

Facebook post on Sunday, said the Supreme Leader of the brotherhood Mohammed Badie, the "unconstitutional coup leaders are still flagrant violations against the Egyptian people".

Since removal Morsi Wednesday night, several of the leading figures of the brotherhood were arrested and TV and the newspaper of the Group station were closed, as three were other Islamist television pro-Morsi. Among those arrested is adjunct Khairat el-Shater Badie, seen as the most powerful figure in the Group and its main decisions.

At the same time, the collection of liberal, secular and youth groups that spearheaded the campaign to oust Morsi, called for a mass demonstration of himself Sunday in the Plaza Cairo's Tahrir to defend the new country, the army-backed interim leadership.

Last week, millions of Egyptians across the country participated in four days of massive protests demanding Morsi be removed, angered by what they saw as the dominance of the brotherhood and Morsi failures to address the worsening of economic problems. When the military overthrew the Morsi, suspended the Constitution drafted by the Islamist and a chief judge is installed as Acting President to form an administration.

But the divisions were stalling the appointment of a Prime Minister and the creation of a new Cabinet. In the transition period - the length of which is unknown - the Prime Minister will have powers to govern, while it is expected that the President is a post largely symbolic.

On Saturday, the Office of interim President Adly Mansour pushed back a decision to nominate the leader Mohamed ElBaradei as Prime Minister after an Islamist party--the ultraconservative Salafi al - Nour - objected.

ElBaradei, a Nobel Laureate in peace during his time as head of United Nations nuclear monitoring, is an inspirational figure among the leftists, groups of secular young revolutionary after the lifting of 2011 that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Word Saturday that was going to be named Prime Minister provoked applause among many of their ranks, believing that it can lead to a strong reform agenda.

But the 71-year-old ElBaradei is deeply distrusted as too secular among many Islamists and much of the public that is seen as elite. The party of al - Nour is one of few Islamic groups to cooperate openly with the new leaders. The match was the second biggest winner in the elections to Parliament for 2011-2012 after the brotherhood.

Mohammed Abul-Ghar, the leader of the Egyptian Socialist Democratic liberal party, said al - Nour initially ElBaradei agreed to take the post, but then changed his position for reasons unknown. He said that the talks are still in progress through mediators.

Abdullah Badran, a legislative leader of al - Nour, said that there was a "misunderstanding" and that it had not agreed to ElBaradei. The party has asked for 48 hours to propose alternatives, said, and added that it will finalize its position but it will not support ElBaradei.

"This sensitive period requires an independent who can win consensus not to cause divisions and polarization", told the Associated Press. "We don't want prejudices because it would only lead to more divisions".

He said that ElBaradei objections are rooted in his lack of popularity not only among the Islamists, but among a large sector of the Egyptians.

Al - Nour was an ally of Morsi but broke with it throughout their year in Office, saying that his Brotherhood was trying to monopolize power, even over other Islamists. When he began the wave of protests by anti-Morsi on June 30, the Party asked his followers to remain neutral. But it supported the intervention of the military to remove the President, in talks with the Chief of Army General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

Now it is among a number of groups on the leadership of post-Morsi. Others include the National Salvation Front - a collection of liberal and secular parties including ElBaradei - and Tamarod, or "Rebel", the Group of young people who helped organize the anti-Morsi revolt, as well as a moderate Islamic Group, Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh.

On Saturday, Tamarod described as "blackmail" the Al - Nour ElBaradei objections and had rejected "pressure" by the party.

Called protests to defend the "popular legitimacy" and "confirm the victory achieved in the wave on June 30".

Meanwhile, a Cairo Court on Sunday acquitted 12 prominent activists of charges of inciting violence during protests near the brotherhood headquarters in March.

Among them was prominent blogger Ahmed Douma, who was sentenced to six months in prison in early June in a separate case to call Morsi, a criminal and a murderer in media interviews. He was released on Thursday by the authorities.

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