Sisi as anti-Islamist autocrat

Submitted by PezDispenser (Israel), Sep 17, 2014 at 04:26

Fascinating and excellent analysis. I would like to submit three links that point towards Sisi as a leader of moderate Islam or traditional (yet non-Islamist) Islam and one link that hints at autocratic rule and the postponement of democracy for at least the next twenty years:

1) Egypt's General Sisi Calls for Rise of 'Modern' Islam

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/01/20/egypts-general-sisi-calls-for-rise-of-modern-islam/

2) Egypt's Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/09/us-egypt-sisi-religion-idUSBREA480G820140509

3) Egyptians uncertain about future under President Sisi

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28126198

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