Hundreds of demonstrators protest in Tahrir Square on Saturday. Young people and activists do not accept requests from the army of night-time curfew. And so they put back the curtains in the center of the square, accompanied by the medical support of NGOs, as in the days of the uprising. After the shootings and beatings, that the military police has been inflicted on young people to the streets in the night between Friday and Saturday, the "Revolution of January 25," calling for the resignation of Shafiq, the release of detainees and criminal charges for those responsible for died during events. According to a survey of Masry Al Youm newspaper, 59% of readers do not believe that the Egyptian army to guarantee a satisfactory answer to the questions of the demonstrators. "The Egyptians do not trust the police - says Labib, journalist Saba El Youm, stopped during the event. This is because the Egyptian institutions have weakened. Until it is reconstructed the interior ministry, who will have confidence in the police? ". It 'set for March 5 next to the first hearing of the former Interior Minister Habib El Adly, who is accused of extortion. The same El Adly has been entered in the register of suspects for the attack on the Coptic Christian church of Alexandria on 7 January.
And if the kids are back in Sunday school, many parents prefer to keep them at home. "It's not safe to move from one district to another city. - Eman says, a mother of four girls. And I still have reports of missing persons. And aliens apprehended and brought to the ministry of intelligence. " Surely the foreigners who walk the streets of Cairo are very few. Many of them have left after being stopped by baltagheia. This tense atmosphere clears the streets of Cairo after midnight, in compliance with the curfew. It upsets the habits of many Egyptians who usually linger in markets and small cafes open until late at night. But to suffer direct this political vacuum are as Christians. In recent days, a Coptic priest was killed in Assiut. Six monks of the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Egyptian desert were injured as the army knocked down a wall built by the religious. "In this case there is no responsibility of the army. The monks were not to build on that land - ensures father Kamal St. Joseph Catholic Church in the center of Cairo. There is not a government and people take advantage to abuse building. " All churches in Cairo are controlled by the police or the army. "In the days of the revolt we have not had any attacks - continued the monk. I do not know if the allegations El Adly they are accurate. It may have been a ploy to divert attention from political issues. Certainly already in the month of November, the police asked to put iron security around the churches. " And the Muslim Brotherhood, father Kamal has no doubts: "I am friends of the Coptic patriarchs, but they do not want Christians to be the ruling class in this country. And they are deeply divided. "
I met Father Bishoy Coptic Orthodox church in the Angel Gabriel in the district of Abdin. "I have no definite news on what happened in the desert. Perhaps the military has an Islamist direction. " And on the assassination of Alexandria: "it is possible that the allegations ministry to be true. With the attack would give the impression that the Islamists are a threat to the Copts. " With regard to political action of the Muslim Brotherhood, the father smiles, "their words are peaceful, but their hearts can not see." To enter the Cathedral of San Marco district Abbasseya it is checked with a metal detector. Many young people linger in the gardens of the church after Sunday mass. "It is not strange that the attacks on Christians happen when the police there to protect places of worship? - Ask Rania and Mary. Within weeks of the uprising nobody has touched the churches even though there was no control. " These girls have the suspicion that the involvement of the former interior minister, is plausible: "single men are corrupt to act in this manner." While the Muslim Brotherhood are "familiar to us, help us in times of difficulty. Many of them want to stay away from politics. " "E - plus the girls - in the days of the protests were Christians and Muslims together to protect homes and neighborhoods." If these acts of intimidation against Christians, foreigners and activists are part of a strategy of tension is still too early to tell. The road to the elections is still full of pitfalls.
Joseph Acconcia
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