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Iraqi Kurdistan's Islamist Parties Condemn Egyptian Coup

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s Islamist parties consider the coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a setback for democracy.
Female members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi with a drum and flags shout slogans as they rally at the Rabaa Adawiya square, where they are camping at, in Cairo July 11, 2013. Political infighting threatened to stall Egypt's transition plans on Thursday, as the military cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood leaders it blames for inciting a clash in Cairo in which troops shot and killed 53 protesters. Monday's violence between supporters of Mursi, Egypt's fi
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While secular parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have remained silent toward the downfall of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Kurdish Islamic movements expressed their concern about what they considered a coup against democracy and legitimacy in the Middle East.

The Egyptian army ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 and declared a political transition enjoying popular support and solidarity from political and religious leaders and youth. 

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