Egypt clamps hold over mosques to control message
 

an authorities are tightening control on mosques around the country, filtering out preachers and seeking to control the message, as the military-backed government *****s down on Morsi?s Muslim Brotherhood following his ouster last summer. Some 12,000 clerics have been barred from preaching. The Religious Endowments Ministry, or Awqaf in Arabic, **w sets strict guidelines for sermons, and anyone who strays from them in Egypt?s more than 100,000 mosques risks removal. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)" border="0" />CAIRO (AP) ? In his weekly sermon, Muslim cleric Ali Abdel-Moati preached to his congregation in a southern Egyptian city about the evils of making hasty judgments. That prompted a complaint to authorities from a judge, who accused him of criticizing a recent mass death sentence issued against supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.




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