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Africa North
Sisi: Muslims Need To Reform Their Religious Discourse
2015-01-23
It isn't often we bring you the news straight from Huffasnuffaguffalus.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said Thursday that Muslims need to adapt their religious discourse to the present and eliminate elements of their rhetoric that could foster violence.

“Islam is a tolerant religion, but this wasn’t always clear to the rest of the world during the last 20 or 30 years,” Sisi said during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The terrible terrorist attacks and this terrible image of Muslims led us to think that we must stop and think and change the religious discourse and remove from it things that have led to violence and extremism.”
Sisi seems to be consistent in his statements -- he's now said the same thing twice in a row. That's more than many Arab leaders manage...
Posted by:Steve White

#6  There needs to be more than one muslim leader speaking this way if for no other reason than to make more than one target. They also need to be saying it in arabic as well as english.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2015-01-23 17:41  

#5  Article dated 1/22, so yeah more than once.

Gonna have to get some GO! FIGHT! WIN! pennants in the colors of Team Egypt.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-01-23 17:39  

#4  Sisi makes sense in the world of the sane but Sisi is surrounded by the insane. He ought to watch his back, so that he doesn't go the way of Sadat.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-01-23 15:14  

#3  He should send his speech to Belgium and ask that it be read aloud.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-01-23 13:34  

#2  Said it twice in a row and in English. Remarkable.

Our govt is opposed to him because he overthrew the duly elected govt of Egypt *cough*MusBro*cough but I'm impressed with Sisi so far. The economy is still problematic, but he seems to be working the security end. Admittedly, it is easier for the Egyptians to bulldoze parts of Gaza without drawing the world condemnation the Juices would get for the same act.
Posted by: SteveS   2015-01-23 12:48  

#1  Or it will be reformed for them.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-01-23 12:15  

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