Egyptians rally to cheer victory
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February 19, 2011, Saturday
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Rivaling the biggest crowds since their pro-democracy revolt began, flag-waving Egyptians packed into Tahrir Square for a day of prayer and celebration yesterday to mark the fall of long-time leader Hosni Mubarak a week ago and to push their new -military rulers to steer the country -toward reform.
The groups that sparked the 18-day uprising leading to Mubarak's downfall called the massive gathering the "Friday of Victory and Continuation," a name reflecting both their pride in forcing a national leadership change and their worries about the future.
About a quarter-million people marched in the biggest demonstrations of the revolt that began on January 25. Free from the threat of retaliation, Friday's rally rivaled the turnout for those events.
Influential Egyptian cleric Sheik Youssef el-Qaradawi led the crowd in prayers, hailing the uprising and saying "the illegitimate can never defeat the truth."
"I congratulate the youth," he proclaimed to the crowds. They knew that the revolution will win in the end," he said.
In a nod to the protests that have erupted around the region in the wake of those in Egypt and Tunisia, el-Qaradawi also said that "the world has developed and the Arab world has changed. Don't stand in front of the Arab people."
The groups that sparked the 18-day uprising leading to Mubarak's downfall called the massive gathering the "Friday of Victory and Continuation," a name reflecting both their pride in forcing a national leadership change and their worries about the future.
About a quarter-million people marched in the biggest demonstrations of the revolt that began on January 25. Free from the threat of retaliation, Friday's rally rivaled the turnout for those events.
Influential Egyptian cleric Sheik Youssef el-Qaradawi led the crowd in prayers, hailing the uprising and saying "the illegitimate can never defeat the truth."
"I congratulate the youth," he proclaimed to the crowds. They knew that the revolution will win in the end," he said.
In a nod to the protests that have erupted around the region in the wake of those in Egypt and Tunisia, el-Qaradawi also said that "the world has developed and the Arab world has changed. Don't stand in front of the Arab people."
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