Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls for nationwide rallies to support Morsi

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has called on Egyptians to hold nationwide rallies and voice their support for President Mohamed Morsi’s power-extending decree.

According to Press TV, the call comes as Morsi is facing mass protests against his latest decree that grants the president sweeping new powers.
The Muslim brotherhood published a statement on its website calling for demonstrations in all public squares across the North African country, including in Cairo, after evening prayers on Sunday as a show of support for the president’s recent move.
On November 22, Morsi issued a new declaration, under which no judicial body can dissolve Egypt’s Constituent Assembly that is currently writing a new constitution, allowing the president to take “any decision or measure to protect the revolution.”
Earlier in the day, Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement that the new constitutional declaration is “an unprecedented attack on the independence of the judiciary and its rulings.”