Calm prevailed Saturday in Cairo's Rab'a Al Adaweya Square, where thousands of supporters of ousted president Mohammad Morsi are camping for his return to office.
Most of the encamped protestors were either busy reciting the Qur'an or taking rest after the recent mass rallies attended by millions in support of the deposed leader.
Thousands of Morsi loyalists took to the streets on Friday to call for the reinstatement of Morsi, who was removed from power on July 3 under an army roadmap for Egypt's future after mass protests against his regime.
The supporters have listed five demands before ending their protests.
"We will not return home until the elected president Morsi is reinstated," Salafist preacher Safwat Hegazi told the protestors.
He listed a number of demands before ending their protests: holding parliamentary election, scrapping a decision to dissolve the Shura Council (the upper house of parliament), forming a panel to amend the constitution and a committee to oversee a plan for national reconciliation.
"We will not give up these demands and we will not accept any scenario for a safe exit, whether the military liked it or not."
Army helicopters on Saturday distributed leaflets warning pro-Morsi protesters in Rab'a Al-Adaweya and in Nahda squares from approaching state and military institutions.
"Those who will go home leaving the protests in the squares will not be investigated, and those who want to keep on the protests staying in the squares will be in safety," the leaflets said.
Hundreds of Morsi supporters have announced a sit-in outside the Republican Guards headquarters, where they believe the Islamist president is being held.
More than 50 pro-Morsi loyalists were killed Monday outside the Republican Guards headquarters.
While the Muslim Brotherhood accused security forces of attacking the protestors, the army said a terrorist group had tried to storm the compound.
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