Egypt's Islamists rally in support of President Morsi
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"We are here to voice support for President Mohamed Morsi, and tell the media and the opposition that a lot of Egyptians defend the president and his legitimacy," said Ahmed Ghanem, who came from Alexandria to the capital Cairo to join throngs of Islamists in their march in support of Egypt's Islamist-oriented president.
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| Thousands of Islamists flocked to the square near Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque in the Nasr City, Cairo, to support Morsi in a march on June 21, 2013. [Xinhua] |
On Friday, thousands of Islamists flocked to the square near Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque in the Nasr City, Cairo, to support Morsi in a march, dubbed "No for Violence," as Morsi's opponents were also drumming up for nationwide anti-Morsi protests set for June 30.
Pro-Morsi demonstrators marched from different parts of the city toward the square, waving national flags, flags of the Muslim Brotherhood and of other Islamist parties, raising signs and shouting slogans such as "We love you, Morsi!" "No for Violence. Yes for legitimacy!"
Ahmed Salah, one of the protesters, told Xinhua that "We should give a chance to Morsi and to legitimacy instead of calling for early presidential elections. Let's practice democracy for the first time in our life!"
Wearing green, red and white helmets, dozens of organizers stayed at the entrances to the square, checked identity cards of those who want to enter and frisked those without IDs.
"We just do not allow anyone to get into the square with anything suspicious, but there are no intruders so far," said Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, one of the so-called "square security."
Some protesters carried posters of opposition leaders, such as liberal Mohamed ElBaradei and leftist Hamdeen Sabahi, with large cross marks on their faces indicating disapproval of their "rebellion" against Morsi.
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