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Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Storm SOAS London University Lecture On Egypt

Protesters supporting the Muslim Brotherhood stormed a lecture at a London university as a guest speaker delivered a talk on the challenges faced by Egypt. The lecturer Mohamed El-Naba y as forced from the stage by the protesters! ho unrolled Muslim Brotherhood flags and started chanting at Bloomsbury"s #chool of $riental and %frican #tudies &#$%#'. The event as held in $ctober but the footage has only (ust emerged online. The group reportedly targeted the discussion over El-Naba y"s ties to the anti-Morsi Tamorod group! according the Evening #tandard. % spokesman for the university)s Palestinian #ociety! hich organised the event! said* +,hile e fully respect! and understand! the highly-charged conte-t of any discussion on contemporary Egyptian politics! e believe that the disruptions pre-empted any possibility of fruitful e-change. +,e apologise to our guests for any distress these events may have caused! and thank the #$%# staff for their cooperation and support.. The guests at the lecture ere led to safety by security guards % spokesperson for #$%# told The /uffington Post 01* +0nfortunately! given the repeated disruptions of the panel by audience members! #$%# Palestine #ociety as compelled to call for the premature termination of the event.2 The university said it as 2proud2 of its students for engaging in contemporary issues and as disappointed on their behalf that the talk as disrupted.

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