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Anti-Christian violence sparks fears of rising Salafi influence

Salafism, a fundamentalist version of Islam, is not new to Egypt. But since the fall of the staunchly secular president Hosni Mubarak, Salafists are more visible and, some Egyptians say, more disruptive than ever before.

The deadly attacks on two Cairo churches over the weekend have highlighted fears that sectarian violence could flare up rather than die down in post-revolution Egypt.

Tensions – sometimes deadly – between Egypt’s Muslim and Christian communities are not a new phenomenon in the world’s largest Arab nation. But Saturday’s clashes between the two communities following the burning of two churches in Cairo’s Imbaba neighbourhood, have raised fears of the growing role of fundamentalist Salafi Muslims in Egypt.

An ultraconservative strain of Islam, Salafism is a salafist theology whose followers believe in emulating the first three generations of Muslims, theoretically rejecting any innovations.

While Salafism does not explicitly advocate violence, experts believe their extreme interpretation of Islam creates an environment where adherents are susceptible to radical ideology, making it “a bridge to extremism”.

A fringe group in Egypt, the Salafis - unlike the Muslim Brotherhood – do not have an organized structure...................................>>>>.....................................>>>>..........................http://www.france24.com/en/201.....ng-salafi-influence#

Where is Anderson Cooper now???????

They aren't political. They are a brotherhood. Just like the Hibernians and Sons of Italy.


Only in America does the head of the peace movement back a war (because the leftist presedente started it.) in Libya so that we can get this same crap result.

How come this isn't being covered by the liberal socialist media outlets that boasted how this is 'freedom at last' for the Egyptians??

Where's Anderson Cooper????