Egypt's Al-Azhar spokesman has resigned in objection to the current government attacks on the protesters in central Cairo, according to the daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. Mohamed Refaa al-Tahtawy told the newspaper that he is protesting with Egyptians in Tahrir square and will not leave until President Hosni Mubarak leaves power. He added that Islam does not accept injustice and that a ruler who oppress his people as such is the “biggest injustice.” Tahtawy emphasized on the bringing to trial those who paid thugs to attack protesters in Tahrir square on Wednesday night. Medical sources on the ground told Bikya Masr that at least 35 people have died as a result of the attacks in Cairo and over 1000 others were injured. “The president leaving is merely the begging to solving the situation,” Tahtawy told the newspaper. Tahtawy also called for a civil state where people get a real chance to participate and choose their true representatives. Tahtawy is referring to the recent parliamentary elections in which Mubarak's party have won the majority of the house seats leaving a slim four seats for the opposition. Al-Azhar is Egypt and the Islamic world's most venerated Sunni Islamic institution. In recent years, al-Azhar has come under attacks by bloggers, commentators and average citizens who argued it was simply towing the government line. BM