Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects 'military coup' against Morsi

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood announced Thursday its rejection of what it described as "a military coup" against ousted president Mohamed Morsi. "We reject working with the current usurping authority and we denounce the violent dealing with (pro-Morsi) peaceful protestors, " the group said in a statement labeled as "urgent" on its official website. The Brotherhood also criticized "the practices of the police repressive state," referring to the closure of Islamic TV channels and the arrests of their crew as restriction of freedom of expression. The statement referred to Morsi as "the President of Egypt," quoting a previous speech of Morsi describing the army's recent procedures as "a complete military coup." The MB's statement came in reaction to the ouster of the Islamist-oriented president by the military on Wednesday evening after the president failed to respond to millions of protesters who took to the streets to topple his rule and call for holding early presidential elections.