{"id":6022,"date":"2013-07-05T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/egypts-army-permits-peaceful-protests\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T13:27:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:27:29","slug":"egypts-army-permits-peaceful-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/egypts-army-permits-peaceful-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s army permits peaceful protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt’s army has said it will guarantee the right to peaceful protest ahead of the traditional day for major rallies, BBC reports.<\/p>\n

Muslim Brotherhood supporters are expected to rally on Friday after the army deposed President Mohammed Morsi.<\/p>\n

New interim leader Adly Mahmud Mansour, the top judge of Egypt’s constitutional court, has pledged to hold elections based on “the genuine people’s will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad al-Haddad said it refused to co-operate with the new regime.<\/p>\n

Mr. Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected leader, is in detention, as well as senior figures in the Brotherhood – the Islamist group of which he is a member. Arrests warrants have been for some 300 others.<\/p>\n

Early on Friday, one soldier was reported killed after Islamist militants attacked military and police checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula with rockets and mortar fire.<\/p>\n

Security checkpoints at al-Arish airport, near the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, and a police station in Rafah were targeted, officials said.<\/p>\n

Sinai has seen a series of militant attacks on security installations and oil pipelines over the past two years and it is unclear whether the latest attacks are linked to President Morsi’s removal.<\/p>\n

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