The churches that were rebuilt by the military were rebuilt prior to October 9. What's been called the massacre at Maspero took place on October 9. There the military killed 27 Christians, with over 300 injured, in a peaceful assembly that was broken up using the full force of the government.
That has created a fear of the military that has escalated. Previously the military was regarded as continuing the standard of care, as it were, for Christians that had existed under the Mubarak government and up until that point in time. The issue of elections was resolved this morning by an agreement between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood. They've agreed to end the public displays by the Muslim community and to proceed with the elections next week.
What remains unclear is whether the full 498 seats of the Parliament will be up for election or whether it will be only 20% of them. The last statement released by the military was that they felt that there was a need to graduate the elections for the assembly to avoid one sect or another gaining control of the constitution on the first round of elections.
The confusion that reigns in that setting is difficult for us as Canadians to understand—the election will begin next Friday and it won't conclude until next March. It's during the time between next Friday and the end of March that there will be continued negotiations to decide how many of the parliamentary seats will be available.
The Muslim Brotherhood has through a network of alliances established candidates to run in 85% of those seats. They had said that they would run in only 40% of those seats so that they would not gain control of the Parliament. That's put the military in a difficult position. It's put the people of Egypt in a difficult position. When people go to vote, they are required to produce documents of citizenship that say whether they are a Christian or a Muslim or members of some other religion. So Christians are already fearful of voting.