Sisi: Muslims Need To Reform Their Religious Discourse
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 2015-01-23 |