The Egyptian court sentenced to death the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 7 of his colleagues
The Egyptian court has sentenced to death the leader of the Ikwanul Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood), Mohamed Badie, and seven other leaders of the movement after convicting them of allegedly planning acts of violence for "terrorist purposes" during the Cairo strike in 2013.
The Public Prosecution side accused those people that, in July 2013, they "led a group that aimed to overthrow the regime by force and attack individuals and military, police and public centers, and use terrorism to achieve their goals." At that time, the Ikhwanul Muslimin group organized a sit-in strike in Rabaa al-Adawiya Stadium in Cairo to protest the army's action to overthrow the democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, in July 2013. In August of the same year, Egyptian security forces violently dispersed the strike, which resulted in the killing of more than a thousand people, including cadres and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Mohamed Badie Later, the Egyptian government launched a crackdown against the leaders and supporters of the largest and oldest political movement in the country and arrested thousands of its members, many of whom have been sentenced to prison terms. Several leaders of the Ikwanul Muslimin movement have also been sentenced to death. In November 2013, the party was officially listed as a "terrorist group" in Egypt.
