Egyptian Instability Looms as Morsi’s Fate Hangs in Balance

Source: International Peace Institute Author(s): Amr Leheta Original Link: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2015/06/morsi-egypt-sisi-muslim-brotherhood/ This week a Cairo court postponed its final ruling on a death sentence handed to former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and more than a hundred others implicated in a 2011 prison break. As significant as the initial punishment was, it was...

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Revolutionizing Religion in Sisi’s Egypt

Source: Council On Foreign Relations Author(s): Amr Leheta Original Link: https://www.cfr.org/blog/revolutionizing-religion-sisis-egypt “We need a religious revolution!” Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi declared those words a month ago as he addressed senior religious leaders from al-Azhar University and elsewhere while Egyptians celebrated the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. The...

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