The Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until Thursday the retrial of seven defendants over charges of inciting violence and spreading false news about Egypt through the screen of "Al Jazeera English" satellite channel.

The court delayed the retrial to hear pleadings of the defendants' lawyers.

In Monday's session, the public prosecution's representative urged the court to rule with the maximum prescribed penalty against the accused persons.

He said that the Qatari Al-Jazeera network has adopted the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood's viewpoints to monopolize the country.

The defendants are standing retrial after the Cassation Court annulled previous rulings convicting them of the charges and ordering a retrial.

Giza Criminal Court had found the defendants guilty of inciting violence and spreading false news.

In June 2014, Giza Criminal Court sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each of 11 runaway defendants. The seven provisionally-held defendants got seven years rigorous imprisonment each.

Two other defendants were acquitted of charges.

An investigation by the prosecution had revealed that some of the defendants were members of the Muslim Brotherhood group who sought to depict a civil war in Egypt through false news they aired on Al Jazeera.