Egypt Islamists call for \'Friday of rejection\' rally

Thousands of Morsi supporters are taking to the streets of Egypt  Cairo - Akram Ali Egypt\'s Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud has resigned from his post on Friday \"for fear of possible conflict of interest\", the state television reported. The resignation comes as an Islamist coalition, led by Muslim Brotherhood, calls on supporters to protest against the removal of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in a \"Friday of Rejection\" rally, after the military arrested top Brotherhood figures as part of a major crackdown against the group.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the National Coalition in Support of Electoral Legitimacy (NASEL) called on Egyptian people to \"take to the streets and mobilise peacefully\" after Friday prayers \"to say \'No\' to military detentions, \'No\' to the military coup\".
The coalition said \"It affirmed its full and categorical rejection of the military coup — against the president, the constitution and democratic legitimacy — and all consequent actions and effects.\"
NASEL called upon its supporters to mobilise in squares and streets around Egypt after Friday prayers to “show their dismay over the military coup.”
\"We are being headhunted all over the country,\" Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Gehad el-Haddad said Thursday, according to British newspaper, The Guardian. \"We are holding a mass rally after Friday prayers to take all peaceful steps necessary to bring down this coup.\"
NASEL also said it held the Armed Forced responsible for Morsi’s safety but also for preventing him from having any contact with the Egyptian people.
It further rejected all forms of violence against peaceful demonstrations, which has resulted in the killing and injury of many Egyptians, holding government institutions responsible for ensuring peaceful demonstrations
The call to protest came after Egyptian military police on Thursday arrested Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie, as authorities rounded up members of the influential group from which Morsi hails.
Badie \"was arrested in the western city of Marsa Matrouh at the request of the prosecution for inciting the killing of protesters,\" the official told AFP.
A judicial source told AFP that the prosecution would on Monday begin questioning members of the group, including Morsi, for \"insulting the judiciary\" as charges against the movement began to pile up.
Other Brotherhood leaders will be questioned on the same charges, the source said, including the head of the group\'s political arm Saad al-Katatni, Mohammed al-Beltagui, Gamal Gibril and Taher Abdel Mohsen.
Morsi and other senior leaders have also been banned from travel pending investigation into their involvement in a prison break in 2011.
Additional source: AFP