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Newsmax Hundreds in Chicago Rally Against Egyptian Coup Monday, July 8, 2013 01:05 PM By: Melanie Batley A video has emerged of hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets of Chicago Sunday outside the Egyptian Consulate to protest the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president. Morsi was jailed on July 3 when the military seized power and installed an interim government. His election last year followed the Arab Spring of 2011 that ended the longtime authoritarian rule of Hosni Mubarak.

About a year ago, Wael Elfeqy waited in a long line to cast his ballot for Egypt's first democratically elected president. His candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won the election but was removed from office and jailed last week when the military seized power. "We were so proud," said Elfeqy, a physical therapist from southwest suburban Justice who travels frequently to Egypt, where he was born. "We were so proud of our democracy, and these guys stole it from us." While thousands rallied in the streets of Egypt both for and against Morsi's ouster, Elfeqy was among hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators who...