PEOPLE WALK THE STREETS OF Cairo these days peering over their shoulders. Tourists wonder if a bomb might be hidden in this bus or that corner cafe. Egyptians never know when they might be caught in a gun battle between radical Muslims and the police. "I don't worry about myself," says a native Cairene, "but I do worry about what could happen to my family." The peace of the capital is threatened by Islamic rebels seeking to ignite a civil war.
In the grimy streets of Cairo's Imbaba neighborhood, Islamic fundamentalists have taken charge, running protection rackets and intimidating the police....