Islamists gather in Cairo as tension mounts

Tens of thousands of Egyptian Islamists gathered in a show of strength yesterday ahead of planned opposition protests against President Mohamed Morsi, highlighting tense political divisions in the Arab world's most populous state.
Islamist groups led by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood from which Morsi hails, had called the rally ahead of planned June 30 protests to demand an early presidential election.
Morsi has been in office for just one year.
They called the turnout proof that Morsi enjoyed the support of the people. Many Morsi supporters had been bused to Cairo for the event, AFP reporters said.
The Islamists accuse the opposition of being remnants of the regime of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and of seeking to sow chaos.
Morsi was elected after a military-led transition that followed Mubarak's ouster in a 2011 popular uprising.