An Egyptian court has set December 9 for the Muslim Brotherhood chief and senior officials of the movement to face trial on new incitement charges.

An Egyptian court has set December 9 for the Muslim Brotherhood chief and senior officials of the movement to face trial on new incitement charges, judicial sources said on Sunday.

Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammad Badie and other leaders of the Islamist grouping including Essam al-Erian and Mohammad al-Beltagui face charges of inciting violence in the Cairo neighborhood of Bahr al-Aazam that led to deadly clashes in July.

Badie and his two deputies Khairat al-Shater and Rashad Bayoumi in a separate trial already face other charges related to the deaths of protesters who stormed the Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters on June 30.

The court on Sunday also set December 10 for the trial of former Brotherhood chief Mohammad Mahdi Akef who is accused of insulting the judiciary.

The trials are part of a massive crackdown by authorities against the Brotherhood after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July.

More than 1,000 people have been killed since Mursi's ouster and the authorities have arrested some 2,000 Islamists, including most of the Brotherhood's leadership.

Mursi himself is on trial over his alleged involvement in the deaths of protesters outside the presidential palace in December 2012.