Egypt’s Salafis Conservative Islamic Movement

The World

The World’s Ben Gilbert has the second part in his series on the role of Islamists in Egypt a year after the departure of president Hosni Mubarak. In this report he focusses on Egypt’s conservative Islamic movement, the Salafis.

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