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Egypt's Crackdown On Islamists Spreads To Mosques Mohammed is a teacher, and for the past 17 years, he has also worked with an Islamic charity in air max scontate Cairo. But a little more than two weeks ago that charity was shut down. Security forces raided its office, took everything and began searching for the head of the board of directors because he's connected to the Muslim Brotherhood the Islamist group of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. He left his job and his home, ghd hair straightener worried he'd be arrested. Thousands of people have already been rounded up, some just on suspicion of being connected to the Brotherhood. This week marked Eid al Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, one of the holiest days on the Islamic calendar and a time when charities work overtime to help the poor. But Mohammed doesn't know how he can help this year. The organization he worked for supported 2,000 families, providing school uniforms for the children, a monthly stipend, and for Eid, gift baskets and money. "We had hoped the political crisis here would not affect charitable work," Mohammed canada goose prezzi says. "But now, people will suffer. The crackdown, which began with the group's leaders and mbt milano rank and file, has now spread to mosques and charitable organizations. Mosques As A Political Base Using its vast social network, the Brotherhood dominated elections after Egypt's 2011 uprising. Mosques and charities were major parts of that network, but those outlets are closing for the Brotherhood. "I think that's why they want to go after them and control them." And they're doing scarpe hogan scontate it with the mosques, too. michael kors handbags Morayef says under the autocratic leaders of Egypt's past, the mosques were always tightly controlled to ward off opposition political organizations. But after Morsi was elected president, the Brotherhood began to send its own people to the pulpits. Many Egyptians accuse the organization of sac goyard occasion using religion to bolster its political standing and control the state. "We will see a reversal and much tighter control overall over the mosques," Morayef says. Licensing Preachers, Closing Mosques Recently, the Ministry of Endowments banned all preachers who are not licensed through Al Azhar, the 1,000 year old center of Islamic learning scarpe mbt milano in Cairo. Already licensed preachers must now be vetted and re accredited. And the ministry is shutting down all small, unregistered mosques. The reason? Officials say it's to distance religion from politics. As a result, places like Mohamed tiffany outlet opinioni Atteya's small outdoor prayer space are no longer functioning. A preacher and engineer, Atteya shut canada goose online it down when the new rules were announced. Many Egyptians support the new controls; they say they will keep extremism at bay. But 70 year old Atteya worries. He has stopped preaching at his makeshift downtown mosque. He says he didn't want any problems as an unlicensed preacher. "Since there is a decision, whether I agree or I do tiffany outlet milano not agree, I have to obey it," he says. "This is the michael kors replica regulations. . I am an old man." But, he says, what's happening is wrong. The woolrich outlet online mosque is for all Muslims, canada goose sito ufficiale not just for the state. He michael kors factory outlet says the military backed government is enforcing stricter regulations than ever before, even during the reign of Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in 2011. "They are afraid of the popularity of the Muslim [Brotherhood]. [It] is not a group, but it is an idea, and this idea, it is very difficult to be taken from the hearts of the people," Atteya says. When there is a conflict in society, the imam of a mosque should never take sides, he adds. That's because those who pray behind the preacher are from both sides of the conflict, he says, so one side will be angered and the instability will grow.
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