Demonstrators began massing in the city's Tahrir Square late Friday, expressing outrage over the decision by Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament and allow Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister to compete in a presidential run-off election.
Some leading Islamists accuse the country's ruling military council of using the court to stage a defacto coup, but demonstrator and Muslim Brotherhood supporter Hamdy Abdel Rahman says Egyptians will not be intimidated.
"We agreed that after elections we can begin to speak out, because we are confident that the people will have their say, the people will choose the Islamic institution, and they will choose what's right and stay away from remnants of the old regime that wasted their blood, raped them and stole their livelihood under full tyranny," he said.
Iman Ahmed, a protester on hunger strike, made an even more dire prediction
"I think it's going to be like a big war in the country," he said. "That's what I think, right, and a lot of people think the same."
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