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Egypt to criminalize insulting the uprisings in 2011 and 2013 that toppled Mubarak, Morsi

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    Egyptians chant slogans denouncing toppled President Hosni Mubarak during a protest in front of the press syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. A judge on Saturday dismissed the case against Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the killing of hundreds of protesters during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (The Associated Press)

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    An Egyptian chants slogans denouncing toppled President Hosni Mubarak during a protest in front of the press syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. A judge on Saturday dismissed the case against Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the killing of hundreds of protesters during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Graffiti on the wall shows Al-Housseiny Abu Daif, right, and Mayada Ashraf, left, two journalists who were shot to death during separate clashes following the 2011 popular uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (The Associated Press)

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    Egyptians chant slogans denouncing toppled President Hosni Mubarak during a protest in front of the press syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. A judge on Saturday dismissed the case against Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the killing of hundreds of protesters during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (The Associated Press)

CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says a law is being drafted to criminalize insulting the uprisings that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and his Islamist successor Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

Criminalizing insulting the uprisings would help appease both sides of a widening rift over whether the two popular movements expressed the genuine will of Egyptians. The dispute was further stoked by a judge's dismissal last weekend of a murder case against Mubarak over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

News of the draft law broke late Tuesday when the presidential palace released comments by el-Sissi to a group of young media workers.

El-Sissi, who led the military ouster of Morsi in July 2013, wields legislative authority since Egypt's last elected parliament was dissolved by a 2012 court ruling.