Abdalllah Abdou opened the scoring after seven minutes and Ahmed Farag doubled the lead just five minutes later.

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Journalist Farag Foda, accused of apostasy for advocating women's rights, was gunned down in 1991 in front of his home in Cairo.

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"The judiciary will be cleansed, whether they like it or not, it will be cleansed, " said Ibrahim Farag, a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood, which supports Mr. Morsi.

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