Morsi Overthrown
Live video here: http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/
-Islamist-backed constitution has been suspended provisionally.
-Chief Justice of Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt(Adly Mansour) to serve as Acting President of Egypt until elections are held.
-Constitutional Court will start preparing for new presidential elections.
-Government to be led by other technocratic leaders until elections are held.
-Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria of the Coptic Church supports the Coup.
-Egypt's most senior Sunni authority, The Sheikh of al-Azhar, said on state TV the military and others had chosen the lesser of two evils.
-There are unconfirmed reports of heavy gunfire at a Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo's Nasr City.
-Former President Mohamed Morsi's location is unknown.
-Key opposition figure Mohammed elBaradei says the new roadmap "guarantees the achievement of the basic demand of the Egyptian people - to have early elections during a transitional period during which the constitution is re-written".
-Reports of a Brotherhood-supporting man screaming in anger "churches will burn, mosques will burn", etc.
-Local media reports that Egyptian Islamist channels Al Hafez, Al Nas and Misr 25 have gone off air.
-Mohamed Morsi's presidential Facebook page quotes Morsi saying he rejects army statement as 'military coup'.
-Egypt has entered "another military coup cycle", Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said in a tweet after the army's suspension of the constitution. "Will the people of #Egypt take it, again," he wrote.
-Al Nour Party (Ultra conservative Islamist party) supports coup to stop the bloodshed.
-Thousands at the pro-Morsy rally chanted "down with military rule" and "invalid" upon listening to the military announcement of Morsy's ouster.
-An Egyptian general just suggested that Morsi can run again if he wants.
-Al Jazeera reports that people at the Nasr City pro-Morsi rally just took a mass oath to defend Morsi with their lives.- Thanks for that upslupe
-In a statement, Mr Morsi asks all citizens, civilians or military, to abide by the constitution and the law, and not to respond to what he describes as a coup. He also calls on Egyptians to "avoid bloodshed".
-Morsi supporters have been listening to an audio recording of him denouncing the coup at a rally. Unknown if it was recorded or live.
-A former Egyptian general, Sameh Seif El Yazal, said he expects elections to take place in 9 to 12 months.
-Acting President Adly Mansour to be sworn in on Thursday.
-Celebrations continue as of 10:30 p.m. Egyptian time. They are expected to last throughout the night but it remains unknown if the Muslim Brotherhood supporters will stay in the streets.
Live video here: http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/
-Islamist-backed constitution has been suspended provisionally.
-Chief Justice of Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt(Adly Mansour) to serve as Acting President of Egypt until elections are held.
-Constitutional Court will start preparing for new presidential elections.
-Government to be led by other technocratic leaders until elections are held.
-Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria of the Coptic Church supports the Coup.
-Egypt's most senior Sunni authority, The Sheikh of al-Azhar, said on state TV the military and others had chosen the lesser of two evils.
-There are unconfirmed reports of heavy gunfire at a Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo's Nasr City.
-Former President Mohamed Morsi's location is unknown.
-Key opposition figure Mohammed elBaradei says the new roadmap "guarantees the achievement of the basic demand of the Egyptian people - to have early elections during a transitional period during which the constitution is re-written".
-Reports of a Brotherhood-supporting man screaming in anger "churches will burn, mosques will burn", etc.
-Local media reports that Egyptian Islamist channels Al Hafez, Al Nas and Misr 25 have gone off air.
-Mohamed Morsi's presidential Facebook page quotes Morsi saying he rejects army statement as 'military coup'.
-Egypt has entered "another military coup cycle", Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said in a tweet after the army's suspension of the constitution. "Will the people of #Egypt take it, again," he wrote.
-Al Nour Party (Ultra conservative Islamist party) supports coup to stop the bloodshed.
-Thousands at the pro-Morsy rally chanted "down with military rule" and "invalid" upon listening to the military announcement of Morsy's ouster.
-An Egyptian general just suggested that Morsi can run again if he wants.
-Al Jazeera reports that people at the Nasr City pro-Morsi rally just took a mass oath to defend Morsi with their lives.- Thanks for that upslupe
-In a statement, Mr Morsi asks all citizens, civilians or military, to abide by the constitution and the law, and not to respond to what he describes as a coup. He also calls on Egyptians to "avoid bloodshed".
-Morsi supporters have been listening to an audio recording of him denouncing the coup at a rally. Unknown if it was recorded or live.
-A former Egyptian general, Sameh Seif El Yazal, said he expects elections to take place in 9 to 12 months.
-Acting President Adly Mansour to be sworn in on Thursday.
-Celebrations continue as of 10:30 p.m. Egyptian time. They are expected to last throughout the night but it remains unknown if the Muslim Brotherhood supporters will stay in the streets.