Morsi supporters say 'would rather die as martyrs than budge to military demands'

For weeks together, supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi have camped on two sites in Egypt's capital and refuse to budge anytime soon even if that calls for their killing.

According to the Guardian, Morsi's supporters have camped near the city's university, west of Nile and at Rabaa and despite threats of violent dispersal from the military, protestors do not want to leave the sites till their demands are addressed to.

The protestors, including Muslim Brotherhood supporters initially called for Morsi's rule to continue, however, after he was ousted by the military on 3rd July, they insisted for his reinstatement.

As that the demands for Morsi's recall appear blight, the protestors are increasingly concerned about their safety and stress that the new military-backed government should guarantee their protection.

The report said that the critics of the campers argue that the protestors are simply seeking martyrdom instead of solutions and that they pander to naive western sensibilities.

A camper, Suzanne Abdel Qadir said that if they leave the square, it will be worse than the 90s, referring to the brutal Hosni Mubarak-era crackdown against the Islamists while another camper Aza Galal said that he was prepared to be there forever till Morsi comes back adding that the people had voted for democracy.

Galal added that just because some people gathered in Tahrir Square, they put their votes in the rubbish bins.

The report said that Morsi's opponents argue that while he was elected democratically, he was uninterested in upholding wider democratic values and only served the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood.