You won't believe how Egypt plans to stop January 25 protests

Safiaa Mounir

Jan 20, 2016

Thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo February 11, 2011. A furious wave of protest finally swept Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXXQYP — Thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo, Feb. 11, 2011. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments is seeking to ban demonstrations against the regime on the fifth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, saying they are aimed at “ruining the country.”

When the ministry issued the official sermon for Jan. 8, it included a fatwa accusing those calling for demonstrations of “implicating Egyptians in [acts of] violence and terrorism in favor of the homeland’s enemies.”