A top Sunni Muslim scholar in Egypt has issued a decree legitimizing the killing of demonstrators who plan to protest the new Muslim Brotherhood government in nationwide rallies Friday.

Egyptians who protest the regime of President Mohamed Morsi are “infidels” who should be resisted, declared Sheik Hashem Islam of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee, according to AllAfrica.com.

An Egyptian human rights activist for Christians and jewish people, who declined to be named for security reasons, told WND the nation is bracing itself for further violence.

“I am told things are going to explode this coming Friday, with a massive anti-government, anti-brotherhood, pro-democracy rally,” the Cairo resident said.

The source noted the decree, or fatwa, came at the close of Ramadan from the highest Sunni Islamic authority, Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

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