make their voices heard ahead of elections ? Ben Wedeman reports that at least among activists , there is a growing concern that any form of political activity , particularly demonstrations , that target the regime will be met by the kind of force used Sunday evening One Coptic man told our correspondent that the military is more than happy to allow `` millions of Muslim fundamentalists to occupy Tahrir Square every Friday , and cooperate with them in doing so , but when it comes to people who criticize -- Copts , Muslims , secular people -- the military , they use their guns . '' He says it 's also important to keep in mind that one thing that occupies the minds of many Egyptians is that since the revolution the economy has gone from bad to worse . Tourists are scarce , foreign investment is drying up . One Egyptian told him : `` If people do n't get back to work within the next five months , there could be famine and chaos . '' Why did the military react with such a heavy hand , given its experiences in the revolution ? Wedeman says it
London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Violence has returned to the streets of Cairo -- this time in fresh confrontations between army forces and pro-Coptic Christian protesters . Accounts of the casualties vary but an Egyptian health ministry spokesman told CNN that 25 people had been killed and more than 272 injured during the weekend protests that were sparked by the burning of a Coptic Christian church in southern Egypt . There has been long-standing tension between Egypt 's Coptic Christians and Muslims but CNN 's Ben Wedeman in Cairo says that since this year 's revolution that removed the former President Hosni Mubarak there have been more of these clashes . In the aftermath of the latest violence , Egypt 's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has vowed to ban all discrimination based on religion , language , gender or ethnicity . But why has the violence erupted after a revolution which promises to deliver fresh democratic elections , who are the Coptic Christians and what will the new measures achieve ? CNN examines the background . After a revolution that brought change , do people have renewed confidence in being able to protest ? Are they seeing an opportunity to