AFRICA/EGYPT - “Bomb blast at Khan el Khalili market was a protest on the part of fundamentalist Muslims against president Moubarak’s decision to call three days mourning for Pope John Paul II” says Catholic priest in Cairo

Cairo (Fides Service) - “The suicide bomber who blew himself up in one of the parts of Cairo most visited by tourists, between the Khan el Khalili market and the Al Azhar Mosque, was a member of a group of Islam fundamentalists”, a Catholic priest in Cairo told Fides. “The bomb blast was in protest against president Moubarak’s decision to announce three days of mourning out of respect for Pope John Paul II”. (R.F. Agenzia Fides 8/4/2005 righe 17 parole 123).