Egypt facing civil war, cleric warns
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has warned the country faces civil war and said he will go into seclusion at his home until the bloodshed ends as a show of protest.
Grand imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb also called for the transitional period that began following last week’s ouster of the president to be limited to six months.
He said he will go into seclusion until “everyone shoulders his responsibility to stop the bloodshed, instead of dragging the country into civil war.”
The Al-Azhar Mosque is the world’s primary seat of learning for Sunni Muslims, the vast majority of the world’s Muslims.
His statement came hours after deadly clashes between security forces and supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
