Supporters and opponents of Egypt’s military-backed interim government have called for nationwide protests across the country on the two-day holiday marking Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) in Muslim countries.


The anti-government National Coalition for the Defense of Legitimacy group on Sunday called for mass demonstrations on Monday and Tuesday.

The pro-government Tamarod (rebellion) movement also urged its supporters to participate in rival gatherings on the two days.

The development came as the family of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi said on Sunday that he would not engage in any talks or accept any compromises after a deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by Egyptian military-backed authorities.

Egypt has been experiencing unrelenting violence since July 3, when the Egyptian army ousted Morsi, suspended the constitution, and dissolved the parliament. The army also appointed the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mahmoud Mansour, as the new interim president.

The family of Egypt's first freely elected president said in a statement carried on the Muslim Brotherhood's Ikhwanonline website, “The president will not retreat, or negotiate or accept compromises especially after all the martyrs, the wounded, the arrested and missing.”


Morsi has been held in an unknown location since his overthrow. He is due to stand trial on November 4 on charges of inciting violence.

“No matter how much they try to keep him away, the president will not retreat from a return to the democratic path, even if his soul is the price of this democratic path,” the statement added.

Morsi and other Brotherhood leaders have accused the military of launching a coup that reversed the gains of the 2011 revolution against former dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's military-installed interim government has launched a bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters and arrested more than 2,000 Brotherhood members, including the party’s leader, Mohamed Badie, who was detained on August 20.

On Friday, backers of the deposed president rallied outside a presidential palace in the capital, Cairo. Reports said one protester died in clashes in the Nile Delta province of Sharqia.

Security sources said that Egyptian police used tear gas in the coastal city of Alexandria to disperse protesters.

On October 6, more than 50 demonstrators were killed in clashes between supporters of Morsi and police forces in the North African country.

About 1,000 people were killed in a week of violence between Morsi supporters and security forces after police dispersed their protest camps in a deadly operation on August 14.

The massacre sparked international condemnation and prompted world bodies to call for an independent investigation into the violence.

Egypt’s interim government also stripped the Muslim Brotherhood of NGO status on October 3, shortly after a court order banned the Brotherhood from operating and confiscated its assets.

The court also banned any institution branching out from or belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood.