'Friday in Defense of Identity and Popular Will'

In Egypt, it’s “Friday in Defense of Identity and Popular Will,” which has brought hundreds of thousands Islamist supporters to the streets, from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Alexandria.

The identity they’re defending is Arab and Islamic, and the popular will was that expressed by the 77% of the country that voted ‘yes’ to March’s constitutional referendum. The 23% that voted ‘no’ came mostly from the ranks of the secular revolutionaries, who wanted more time to prepare for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.