inter-religious clashes between Christians and Muslims in Cairo has continued throughout the night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Salafist groups had gathered in the street near the Parliament Moghles Shab melody to the release of Kamelia, Christian woman who converted to Islam. According to some, the young would be kept in captivity in a Coptic monastery. On the other hand, on Tuesday hundreds of Christians have been stationed near the state television to demand the reconstruction of the church burned to Helwan, following the killing of two men after a family quarrel to prevent a mixed marriage. Tantawi, head of the supreme council of the armed forces, reached the protesters and assured them on reconstruction. But the rumors that the church will be rebuilt in a different air, a quarrel with the mosque nearby, pushed the Copts to get back on the streets.
In Tuesday night's clashes between Christians and Muslims were concentrated in the district Popular Moqattam, causing ten deaths. That's where the seat of the Association for the Environment, led by religious Christians, who for years has been involved in recycling projects. "It's not unprecedented for Egypt clash so intense between Christians and Muslims - said sister Cristine -. I begin to believe that it is not only simple accident. " According to medical sources, the corpses of Christians had wounds from bullets to fire. Throughout the day on Wednesday in clashes between Christians and Muslims continued also in the old quarters of Cairo Islamic Qala, near the citadel built by Mohammed Ali, and Sayda Aisha, not far from the city of the dead. On dialogue between Copts and Muslims, Mohammed El Qassas, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, engaged in the office of the political movement of young revolutionaries and the coalition, said: "Liberty and Justice party is open to Christians. I was very impressed with the news of the church burned. Must be rebuilt. "
The atmosphere on the streets of Cairo is tense after the assaults to the State Security (Amn al Dawla) who portarto to light hundreds of secret documents on the use of force against the demonstrators on the main leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and actions U.S. counter-terrorism in Egypt. And by Saturday night re-appeared in the street gangs Baltag, criminals and former police officers who have engaged in clashes with demonstrators. Are to be found in these groups are responsible for the fire broke out Wednesday at the Ministry of Finance and subsequent clashes in Tahrir Square and nearby streets, which cost at least 12 wounded. The army intervened and cleared the square in anticipation of the curfew. A Tahrir continued to be stationed some members of the Kifaya movement, while the majority of young people had ceased to manifest after the reassurances of the new Prime Minister Sharaf. Demonstrators were added to the poor neighborhoods of Embaba, Bulaq and Sayed Zeinab who fled to the streets frightened by gangs moving undisturbed in the poorest neighborhoods. And in the evening, reaching Piazza also groups of workers, the unemployed, employees who strike during the day. Just in the confusion of the dozens of protesters' demands has consumed the verbal confrontation between groups of women, the 8th of March we were given an appointment in the square, men and Salafis. The reappearance of
Baltag clearly shows how the showdown with former members to the National Democratic Party is far from over. What's more, Badrawi has resigned as leader of the PND and said it would form a party of 25 January. While playing a petition on facebook to dissolve the PND, by Advocate Ibrahim Bassiouni. D'altraparte, new interfaith clashes make it clear how serious the lack of police and the weakness of the Interior Ministry in this transition. For this reason, the coalition of the young revolutionaries of the next Friday will dedicate the event to dialogue between religions and at the end of sectarianism.
Joseph Acconcia
from "Il Manifesto" of March 10
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