Egypt

Jama’a al-Islamiya and 13 other Islamist parties announced the formation of “armed squads” that they say will help the police “fight vandals, thugs and groups like the Black Bloc.” A court ruled that policemen will be allowed to grow beards ending a de facto ban imposed during the reign of Hosni Mubarak.

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