Egyptian Islamist groups gathered at the Cairo Stadium on the 46th anniversary of the occupation of eastern Jerusalem by Israeli forces in condemnation of the Israeli occupation and the Judaization of Jerusalem.Al Dostor reports that 27 Muslim nations held events today to "liberate Jerusalem" from Jewish control in 27 nations.
The protest started after Friday prayers at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo's Nasr City district. Salah Sultan, secretary general of Al-Azhar's Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, who led the Friday sermon at the mosque, said Prime Minister Hesham Kandil will attend the rally.
Thousands of protesters marched from the mosque to the nearby stadium, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.
Thousands of Egyptians marched from the mosque in Nasr City to Cairo International Stadium, where they were heard speeches by Egyptian political figures. They also were led to chant "Khyber, Khyber, O Jews, the army of Mohammed will return," a reference to a massacre of Jews by early Muslims.
Other slogans were pro-Hamas.
One speaker said that the problem with a potential Palestinian Arab state in the West Bank and Gaza is that it would only encompass 22% of "Palestine."
A Muslim Brotherhood leader declared "We are facing a Zionist project that is broken and defeated, and we will win in Syria and then conquer Jerusalem."
At the mosque before the march, the preacher said "The Jews do not reign, they will not benefit, and their faith is a waste of the blood of every Muslim."