He later withdrew the fatwa | He was arrested on 21 August 2013 |
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Hegazy was investigated in Egypt in 2006 for issuing a calling for the death of visiting Israeli officials | Cairo Criminal Court on 7 December 2013 refused to return a verdict and recused itself in another case involving Hegazy and citing "embarrassment" as a reason for its decision |
The government of the United Kingdom declared in 2009 that he is considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by glorifying terrorist violence | In his speech to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, Safwat emphasized that Morsi will lead Egypt's campaign to restore the "" or "" with as its capital, and urged listeners to "awake Jews from their slumber" and chanted that they would march as martyrs toward Jerusalem |
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On 14 September 2013, Hegazy was acquitted on charges of "inciting violence" at the headquarters on 30 June 2013 | Gamaleddine, Al-Sayed September 14, 2013 |