Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, protesting what they said were attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to impose its ideas on society
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The protesters, who were mostly young, chanted slogans against the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies, and against the military-backed government of President Mohamed Morsi.

The Brotherhood, which won the first round of parliamentary elections in late June, has said it will not take part in the