The interim government of Egypt has pleaded for support from the rest of the world for its domestic crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
Foreign minister Nabil Fahmy made the appeal in a speech at the annual United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, in which he urged "non-interference" from the outside world.
"I trust that the international community, which has long rejected terrorism, will firmly stand by the Egyptian people in the fight against violence and its advocates, and will not accept any attempt to justify it, or tolerate it," said Mr Fahmy.
The ABC reports Egypt has been wracked by violence since president Mohammed Morsi was deposed by the Army on 3 July. He was Egypt's first elected leader.
Police have since arrested more than 2000 members of the Muslim Brotherhood. More than 1000 people have died in clashes with security forces since 14 August.
A court in Cairo last Monday banned "all activities" by the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered the interim government to seize the Brotherhood's funds and its assets.
The Brotherhood was founded in 1928 and was banned in Egypt from 1954 until President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.
