Just like in April 2008, and 25 January 2011, both Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church, the two main arms of the state’s religious establishment, have come out to denounce the calls for general strike and civil disobedience planned on 11 February 2012.
Add to the list of course, the Muslim Brotherhood. Their leadership did not endorse the 6 April 2008 strike, neither did they endorse the 25 January 2011 protests (they only officially lent support to the revolution on its fourth day), and now are they are denouncing the calls for this coming 11 February strike.
Hundreds marched on Thursday night from the High Court, in Ramses, through downtown Cairo streets, ending in Maspero, where the State TV is located, denouncing the sectarian massacre perpetrated by the Egyptian army against (mostly) Coptic protesters on 9 October, 2011. Protesters called for holding the SCAF accountable as well as the State TV officials who helped incite sectarian violence against the Copts.
I heard very strong chants during the march, calling for the execution of Field Marshal Tantawi, as well as the SCAF generals.
Kamal Khalil, veteran socialist, taking part in the Maspero march, Thursday night…
Protesters in front of the State TV building, in Maspero, on Thursday night…
Marching on Maspero, Thursday night, denouncing the army’s massacring of Coptic protesters…
Revolutionary Socialist students taking part in the Maspero march, on Thursday night…
Marching on Maspero, Thursday night, denouncing the army’s massacring of Coptic protesters…
Hundreds marched on Thursday night from the High Court, in Ramses, through downtown Cairo streets, ending in Maspero, where the State TV is located, denouncing the sectarian massacre perpetrated by the Egyptian army against (mostly) Coptic protesters on 9 October, 2011. Protesters called for holding the SCAF accountable as well as the State TV officials who helped incite sectarian violence against the Copts.
I heard very strong chants during the march, calling for the execution of Field Marshal Tantawi, as well as the SCAF generals.
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