Gen. Sisi: "Religious Discourse Greatest Challenge Facing Egypt" :: Raymond Ibrahim

Follow the Middle East Forum MEF Home  |   Research & Writings  |  Donate Please take a moment to visit and log in at the subscriber area, and submit your city & country location. We will use this information in future to invite you to any events that we organize in your area. Gen. Sisi: "Religious Discourse Greatest Challenge Facing Egypt" by Raymond Ibrahim Raymondibrahim.com January 15, 2014 http://www.meforum.org/3743/sisi-egypt-islam Print Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. According to Egyptian media, during his recent speech at the Dept. of Moral Affairs for the Armed Forces, Gen. Abdul Fateh al-Sisi—the man who ousted former President Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood in response to the June Revolution and who is seen as the nation's de facto ruler—declared that "Religious discourse is the greatest battle and challenge facing the Egyptian people, and pointed to the need for a new vision and a modern, comprehensive understanding of the religion of Islam—rather than relying on a discourse that has not changed for 800 years." Sisi further "called on all who follow the true Islam to improve the image of this religion in front of the world, after Islam has been for decades convicted of violence and destruction around the world, due to the crimes falsely committed in the name of Islam." Raymond Ibrahim, author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam's New War on Christians (Regnery, April, 2013) is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum. Related Topics:  Egypt  |  Raymond Ibrahim This text may be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete and accurate information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. To subscribe to the MEF mailing lists, go to http://www.meforum.org/list_subscribe.php The Middle East Forum