[ti:Egyptians Protest Military Ouster of President]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:In the News]
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[00:03.50]From VOA Learning English,
[00:06.92]this is In the News.
[00:09.37]In Egypt, Islamist parties held protests Friday
[00:14.45]against the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi
[00:19.83]and the arrest of leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.
[00:24.16]The protests followed afternoon prayers across the country.
[00:29.30]Mr. Morsi was forced out Wednesday following huge protests
[00:35.28]by those opposed to his Islamist policies.
[00:40.21]Military leaders replaced him with top judge Adly Mansour.
[00:46.73]The temporary president was sworn in Thursday.
[00:50.87]The Muslim Brotherhood quickly denounced the move.
[00:55.40]Mr. Mansour called for the Muslim Brotherhood to continue
[01:00.27]to take part in the political process.
[01:03.87]Islam Abdel-Rahman is on the foreign affairs committee of
[01:09.69]the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.
[01:13.88]He told VOA that his group will not take part
[01:18.82]in any political process led by Egypt's military.
[01:24.35]Mr. Abdel-Rahman said the Brotherhood still considers
[01:29.23]Mr. Morsi the rightful president of Egypt.
[01:33.86]He says his group is calling for peaceful protests against his ouster.
[01:41.14]"We fully believe in peaceful means of defying this military coup.
[01:46.43]Actually, we don't believe in taking [up] arms or something like this.
[01:50.37]We still believe that this country
[01:52.16]can be managed by peaceful political means."
[01:56.73]The military ouster of Egypt's first democratically elected president
[02:02.25]came one year after he took office.
[02:06.09]The military also suspended the constitution,
[02:10.47]saying the action was necessary
[02:13.66]because of the risk of a general rebellion.
[02:17.90]At least three supporters of the ousted president
[02:22.49]were killed by gunfire Friday.
[02:25.72]The deaths came as a crowd tried to march to the military housing
[02:31.99]where the ousted president is believed to be held.
[02:36.48]A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party said
[02:42.61]soldiers shot and killed the protesters.
[02:46.29]Egyptian soldiers denied that they had used deadly weapons
[02:52.38]against the protesters.
[02:54.81]Also Friday, witnesses say soldiers opened fire on pro-Morsi protesters
[03:02.99]who were trying to march on the defense ministry headquarters.
[03:07.62]Also in Cairo, thousands of Morsi supporters
[03:12.75]gathered in the Nasr City neighborhood.
[03:16.63]They denounced the military intervention and demanded
[03:21.17]that Egypt's first democratically elected president be returned to power.
[03:27.75]Early Friday, security officials said people they called "Islamist gunmen"
[03:35.47]attacked military and police checkpoints in the northern Sinai area.
[03:42.50]The attacks killed an Egyptian soldier and wounded at least two others.
[03:50.31]Egypt's military declared emergency conditions in Suez
[03:56.99]and Sinai ahead of the planned Islamist protests.
[04:01.62]The military and Egypt's former opposition groups
[04:06.91]have called for understanding and compromise
[04:10.99]as the military moves to restore democratic, civilian rule in Egypt.
[04:18.37]The military is also denying any campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood.
[04:25.35]But as of early Friday, prosecutors had ordered
[04:30.47]the arrest of 300 of the group's members
[04:34.01]and detained some of its top leaders.
[04:37.65]The military has suspended the country's
[04:41.79]Islamist-backed constitution and dissolved the parliament.
[04:46.67]And that's In the News from VOA Learning English,
[04:52.40]written by Onka Dekker.
[04:54.39]I'm Steve Ember.
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