Muslim Brotherhood Appoints New Leader

　　Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood¹ has appointed Mahmoud Ezzat as its temporary new leader, hours after its supreme² leader was arrested by police in Cairo.

 

　　Mohamed Badie has reportedly been arrested in an apartment in the eastern Cairo district of Nasr City.

 

　　That's where supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi held a six-week sit-in protest that was cleared by security forces in a crackdown last Wednesday.

 

　　Egyptian government officials say Badie and his deputy, Khairat el-Shater, who is also under custody³, will go on trial later this month.

 

　　The two are accused of crimes in connection with the killing⁴ of 8 protesters outside the Islamist group's Cairo headquarters in June.

 

　　Badie's arrest is being viewed as a serious blow to the Muslim Brotherhood at a time when the interim⁵ authorities are cracking down on its leaders and mid-ranking officials.

 

　　Word of his arrest is being welcomed by some on the streets of Cairo.

 

　　"Thank God that Mohammed Badie has been arrested, and the government should take all the necessary measures for the Muslim Brotherhood to stop. It is a sin to have a son up to this age and raise him and at the end he gets killed in cold blood."

 

　　Badie's arrest comes as the courts in Cairo decide whether former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will go free later this week.

 

　　Mubarak's lawyer is arguing to try to have his client released from custody, after the courts dropped another charge against him.

 

　　Mubarak is still awaiting a re-trial in connection with the killing of protesters which eventually led to his ouster.

1 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。