Egypt has moved to curb one of the last bastions of Muslim Brotherhood dissent with sweeping new rules to curtail violent protest at Al-Azhar University, among the world's most venerable centers of Islamic learning.

The Brotherhood enjoys strong support within the student body as well as among faculty members, many of whom oppose Sisi and his crackdown on Egypt's oldest Islamist movement.

With students preparing to return to their campuses this month after the long summer hiatus, the government Wednesday amended the university rules to discourage renewed unrest.

Another ruling this year stated that police could enter if laws were being broken.

The law means university campuses are among the last remaining spaces in Egypt where dissent can be expressed. But fearing another year of unrest, some colleges are banning students from expressing partisan loyalties on campus.

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