The Court of Cassation decided during a session on Monday to delay to June 8 a challenge filed by 27 students from Al Azhar university against a ruling issued by the criminal court which sentenced the students to seven years in prison.

The students, who belong to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization, were also fined by the criminal court 750,000 pounds over acts of violence.

The defendants' lawyer said the students were arrested indiscriminately inside the university.