Egyptians grapple with political future in controversial vote

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Amr Abdallah Dalsh / ReutersSupporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood chant pro-Morsi slogans during a rally in Cairo on Friday in the runup to Saturday's vote on a draft constitution.By ReutersPolling stations opened Saturday for a controversial vote on an Egyptian constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation.

Egyptians are to begin two days of voting in a referendum on a divisive draft basic law that has pitted Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi against a liberal, secular and Christian opposition in often bloody clashes in Cairo and other cities.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld  The opposition says the constitution is too Islamist and tramples on minority rights. Mursi's supporters say the charter is needed if progress is to be made towards democracy nearly two years after the fall of military strongman Hosni Mubarak.




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[Nifemi Donald]

i do not wish to be an egyptian right about now.those citizens are fed up