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  • Monday ,01 November 2010
العربية

Islamists in Cairo protest over TV closure

By-EG

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Monday ,01 November 2010

Islamists in Cairo protest over TV closure

CAIRO - Scores of Muslim fundmentalists protested Friday afternoon outside a famous mosque in Cairo against a recent decision religious satellite TV channels.

 "Egypt is an Islamic Cairo. Egypt will remain Islamic" chanted the Muslim worshippers after performing the congregational Friday prayers in the Omar bin al-Aas Mosque in Old Cairo. Anti-riot police dispersed the protesters.

    Egyptian authorities recently suspended 14 satellite TV channels broadcasting on the State-owned NileSat, saying they violated the regulations of their licences.