Re: Egypt Cuts Ties With Syria: Mohamed Morsi Orders Closing Of Damascus Embassy In C
That's really interesting. I wonder what he'll do if Iran either directly or indirectly does after Israel as part of a retaliation.
Heya Luther. :2wave: Not Surprising really. I figured this was coming. After the Egyptians stated their Civilians could go and fight inside Syria. Evidenced.
Egypt says citizens free to join fight in Syria.....
Associated Press – Thu, Jun 13, 2013
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CAIRO (AP) — A senior official in Egypt's presidency says Egyptians are free to join the fight in Syria and will not be prosecuted upon return.
In a response to an Associated Press question Thursday about the government's stance on citizens going to fight alongside Syrian rebels, Khaled al-Qazzaz said that "the right of travel or freedom of travel is open for all Egyptians".
He said that after the 2011 uprising,
the government no longer punishes Egyptians for what they do in other countries. Al-Qazzaz, a foreign affairs adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, said the presidency does not consider Egyptian nationals in Syria a threat to Egypt's security.
It is not known how many Egyptians have gone to fight in Syria — and al-Qazzaz said he did not have figures.
But organizations from Egypt's ultraconservative Salafi movement are believed to help organize movements for Egyptians who want to join the fight. Islamist websites have reported that up to several dozen Egyptians have been killed while fighting in Syria the past two years, though the number has not been independently confirmed.
Earlier this month, influential Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, urged Sunnis everywhere to join the fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Everyone who has the ability and has training to kill ... is required to go," said al-Qaradawi, a popular television cleric who is based in Qatar. "We cannot ask our brothers to be killed while we watch."
A group of Muslim clerics, including al-Qaradawi, met in Cairo on Thursday and said it was a religious duty to back the rebels through whatever means possible.
The meeting underlined "
the duty of jihad to support our brothers in Syria, with spirit, money and weapons, and all forms of jihad aimed at rescuing the Syrian people from the crimes and killings by the sectarian regime ... everyone according to his ability," hard-line Egyptian cleric Mohammed Hassan said, reading a statement from the group. He said Iran and Hezbollah's support for Assad "against our people in Syria is considered a declaration of war on Muslims in general."
A delegation of clerics then met with Morsi at the presidential palace on Thursday. The Egyptian president plans to attend a large rally in support of the Syrian opposition at Cairo's stadium on Saturday, which has been organized by the senior clerics.
The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, is also calling on people to aid Syrians
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The more we fuel this conflict with weaponry and soldiers, it turns into a regional war," he said.
The hard-line Salafi Nour Party also says Egyptians should be free to help Syrians in combat.....snip~
Egypt says citizens free to join fight in Syria
http://www.debatepolitics.com/africa/163508-egypt-says-citizens-free-join-fight-syria.html
