Al-Qaeda leader’s brother threatens to destabilise Morsi
April 27, 2013
Mr al-Zawahiri accused the West of seeking to impose an ungodly political system (Photo by Mahmoud Elsobky)
The brother of al-Qaeda’s leader has claimed that the Government of Egypt is illegitimate and that he would seek to overthrow the democratic system if he had the resources.
Mohammed al-Zawahiri said: “President Morsi is a civil President in a civil order. We are asking for a religious President for a religious order.”
Mr al-Zawahiri is the younger brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over al-Qaeda’s leadership after Osama bin Laden was killed by US troops in 2011.
He was released last year from prison after 14 years’ incarceration on terrorism charges. He now lives openly in Cairo and has…
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