Militant Islam

Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be relying but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning in his battle against militant Islam.

June 1, 2015
June 1, 2015

Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be relying but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning in his battle against militant Islam.