Egypt has no intention of waging Syria 'jihad': minister

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has no intention of a waging a holy war against Syria, but still supports the Syrian peoples' hopes for freedom, newly installed foreign minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday. The Muslim Brotherhood movement of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi last month joined a call by some Sunni clerics for a jihad against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies. Signaling a different approach, Fahmy told reporters: "There are no intentions for jihad in Syria. ...

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