◼ He stifled Muslim Brotherhood’s “Reign of Terror” While Reaching Out to Copts. - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
In a truly groundbreaking speech made shortly before the terror attacks in Paris, Egypt’s General-turned-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that Islam was, “…in need of a religious revolution.”
In response to the tragic events, he condemned the the slaughter that left 12 dead on Wednesday and pledged Cairo’s support to fight terrorism.
The Egyptian leader expressed his condolences to his French counterpart Francois Hollande, the families of the victims and the wounded, his office said in a statement. Sisi, in a telegram sent to Hollande, “expressed the Egyptian people and government’s condemnation over the terrorist act that the French capital Paris witnessed today,” the statement said.
Offering his condolences to the victims’ families and the wounded, Sisi said “terrorism is an international phenomenon that should be faced and terminated through joint international efforts”....
Based on these recent developments, Washington Times columnist Charels Ortel suggests that Egypt may be able to lead the way to victory in “War on Terror”. Ortel cites both Sisi’s extremely aggressive actions in ending the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Reign of Terror” in that country and efforts to assure targeted religious minorities that they will be protected.
Recently this year, the fully engaged leader of Egypt began a drive to reform Islam from within.
His address to religious authorities at Al-Azhar University in Cairo on Jan. 1 is a stunning “must-read” and “must-share” development that only now is getting attention it so richly deserves.
Wednesday, President el-Sisi put in a public appearance at a Christmas mass in Cairo-an historic first in Egypt’s modern history.
Working with allies including Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, el-Sisi is channeling foreign capital into a raft of development programs that may finally spark economic progress inside Egypt, while cutting off external funding from states such as Qatar who until recently had been supporting the Muslim Brotherhood worldwide.
