Posted on 03/14/2015 11:58:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on political dissent.
The government has implemented a harsh crackdown on Islamists as well as secular political opponents since then army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule.
The Disciplinary Council headed by judge Nabil Zaki did not immediately release the reason for its decision, but the judicial sources said 31 of the judges were sent into compulsory retirement for signing a statement that condemned the removal of Mursi.
Another 10 were removed from their posts for joining "Judges for Egypt" group which used to be supportive of the Brotherhood even before Mursi's removal, the sources added.
Egyptian law prohibits judges from engaging in politics, but critics and human rights groups say the judicial disciplinary court has turned a blind eye to judges who openly support the government of Sisi, who was elected president last year.
The government says the judiciary is independent and it never intervenes in its work.
"The decision is shocking and it is a massacre of the judges," Ahmed El-Khatib, one of the punished judges told Reuters. He made no comment about whether he supported the Brotherhood.
The judges have the right to appeal against the decision.
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What will the MB advisors&sympathizerss in the WH recommend?
Obama would be tossed out of Egypt on his ear for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. He’s far more radical than Middle Eastern moderates.
Egypt is removing Islamists from government positions.
They doing more than the West in facing the threat from the Muslim Brotherhood.
...in a sweeping crackdown on political dissent. LOL.
What Muslim country practices anything near Western constitutional liberty?
Tyranny seems to keep the peace there.
Pakistan can barely maintain its appearance of republicanism. If the radicals ever united it would be lights out.
Glad to hear Egypt is squashing the Muslim Brotherhood.
El-Sisi and the other military people who took over Egypt are simply doing what they have to do. The rest of the world may well face the same choice in the near term i.e. submit to hard-core Islam or ban it.
CAIR is a front group for Hamas who are aligned with the MB. Western civilization seems to lack the will to survive. It won’t wake up to the threat it faces.
Not to worry, the WH admin will double their efforts of support for the bros.
We need to do likewise.
It's a crackdown on TERRORISM, you Yahoo liberal enabler pieces of crap.
They are not playing around with these clowns.We should do the same thing in this country to all the commie judges.
They pretend to not understand the distinction because doing so would highlight how the US is allowing terrorist-related organisations cover. Like CAIR.
Good for Sisi. I hope he and Bibi survive this evil hour.
And Hillary’s Aide is a MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BIGSHOT.....HUMA ABEDIN!!!
How might we accomplish the same here in the US with judges that have supported Obama’s agenda?
Submit?! H311 with that. Kill it in its tracks. Islam in this way is no different than Nazis or any other violent cult or gang. Zero tolerance is only answer. Declare war on it and give no quarter to anyone directly or indirectly supporting it or participating.
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