Leaving Egypt’s complicated politics aside for a moment, here is the speech given by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the country’s religious establishment and intelligentsia at the renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo, widely regarded as a leading world center for Islamic learning.
The Cairo Post reports that, “On Friday, President Abdel Fata al-Sisi asked Al-Azhar scholars for a ‘religious revolution’ to re-examine centuries-old Islamic thoughts that ‘make an enemy of the whole world.’” Egypt’s State Information Service likewise mentions the speech, as a “call[] on Al-Azhar and Awqaf Ministry preachers to confront the misleading ideologies harming Islam and Muslims worldwide” and as “stress[ing] the importance of renewing the religious discourse and spreading the moderate teachings of Islam.”
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked the heads of the country’s leading Muslim groups “to confront the misleading ideologies harming Islam and Muslims worldwide.”
The Cairo Post reports that, “On Friday, President Abdel Fata al-Sisi asked Al-Azhar scholars for a ‘religious revolution’ to re-examine centuries-old Islamic thoughts that ‘make an enemy of the whole world.’” Egypt’s State Information Service likewise mentions the speech, as a “call[] on Al-Azhar and Awqaf Ministry preachers to confront the misleading ideologies harming Islam and Muslims worldwide” and as “stress[ing] the importance of renewing the religious discourse and spreading the moderate teachings of Islam.”