Egypt’s Brotherhood Stirs Protest After Rejecting Cabinet
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Supporters of Egypt’s deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi held demonstrations in Cairo and other cities early today after rejecting the new interim government and its offer of reconciliation talks.
Mursi’s backers called for the protests after deadly violence this week laid bare the deepening divisions marring the transition from his rule. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, from which Mursi hails, considers the new cabinet “illegitimate” and built “on the blood of martyrs,” Hamza Zawba, a spokesman, said by telephone.