Two Friday protests likely in Alexandria

Hardline Islamist leaders in Alexandria break with their Cairene counterparts' quest for unity in the Friday of Popular Will and Unity protest by staging their own demonstration

As most Islamic, liberal and leftist forces in Cairo continue to coordinate efforts for tomorrow's mass mobilisation, the "Friday of Popular Will and Unity," their sister groups in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city, are still far from reaching agreement on calling for a united demonstration.
In Cairo, organisers have agreed on a common set of demands for democracy and social justice and united all podiums in Tahrir Square under one umbrella.
Muslim protesters will take part in an all inclusive Friday prayer under one Imam in the square.
In Alexandria, however, two sets of protests seem to be in the offing.Hardliners in the conservative Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya and other Islamic groups will conduct their own Friday prayer at Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque.Meanwhile, all other political forces will hold their own prayer a few blocks away in Saad Zaghloul Square.
Sheikh Asem Abdel Maged, a prominent leader of Gamaa Islamiya in Alexandria has been mobilising for tomorrow's demonstration on the basis of rejecting the military council's plans to impose supra-costitutional guidelines on the preparation of a new constitution for the country, as well as opposition to workers' strikes, especially those linked to the vital Suez Canal.