An Egypt court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death for a mass prison break in 2011.
The court ruled on
Saturday that the sentencing of Morsi and 105 others will be referred to the
Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in Egypt, for confirmation.
Many of those sentenced
were tried in absentia, including Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Islamic
scholar based in Qatar.
The court will
pronounce its final decision on June 2.
Morsi, who was
overthrown by the army in 2013 amid mass protests against his government, was
spared the death sentence in the first of two trials that concluded on Thursday,
in which the court advised death sentences for 16 defendants on espionage
charges.
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