The Arab world is seems ripe for the second round of agitations with many countries going through a continuous series of demonstrations and repressions. The latest news are from Egypt, Syria and Yemen, leave Libya apart.

Friday witnessed huge demonstrations at the famous Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt in what the protesters termed as ‘The Revolution II’.

The major demands of the revolution II include to further actions on former president Hosni Mubarak and his companions, stop military trials on civilians, and shift to some form of civil rule soon.

But the most remarkable and important observation about the protest was that it didn’t enjoy the support and participation of Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood has been the most popular organization since the first round of protests which started on January 25th.

This divide might harm the movement for democracy itself, though the liberals claim that they want the democracy being assured before Muslim Brotherhood, in their eyes, pushes its Islamist agenda. One banner at the demonstration thus read: ‘Constitution First’. Liberals who were the organizers of the Friday protest seek individual’s democratic freedom and minorities rights secured in the new rule to evolve.

Whereas the liberals want constitution first, the Brotherhood is interested in elections first.

There was dissatisfaction among the protesters on absence of the Brotherhood at the Tahrir Square. But the Brotherhood may be satisfied with the declared schedule of elections to be held this fall.

The Brotherhood was banned under Mubarak regime. It was targeted by the regime forces and so it enjoyed wide support. When the “Revolution I’ was organized, it supported it fully with almost no Islamist preoccupations. But as it entered the ‘free era’, a division started emerging between it and the liberal forces. Muslin Brotherhood was now a force not targeted by the regime, but a ‘reputed’ political power. But the division is perhaps unavoidable with even the new generation related to it not heeding to its calls.

But its absence in the Friday protests is reflection of its confidence that it would materialize in the revolution I in the votes this falls.

Many people expressed their sorrow over this division on Friday. They were of the opinion that the impact of the demonstration itself was affected by the division. The demands they claimed were not pointed but diffused.

But others were of the view that they could and would do without the Brotherhood. The democracy was the first agenda for them.

In Syria at least eight people were killed as prodemocracy protests erupted again in capital, Damascus, beside Banias, and city of Homs. The security forces opened fire on the protesters. Since mid-March at least one thousand people have been killed and the number of those arrested is ten-folds of this.

In Yemen the toll is on rise as the as the fight spread beyond Sanaa. The tribes took seize of two military camps. It prompted airstrikes by government planes. Past five days have witnessed more than 124 people killed as the demand for President Ali Abdullah Saleh is getting pace.