Egypt Closes Mosques

Egyptian Government Closes 27,000 MOSQUES in Move to Fight Terrorism, Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi told attendees at Davos that Islam was in need of a “religious revolution.”

The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowment shuttered 27,000 local mosques under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
Al-Monitor reported:

The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowment has shuttered 27,000 local places of worship under the pretext of fighting terrorism, while awarding 400 preaching permits to Salafists.

An Egyptian administrative court on Feb. 18 upheld the Ministry of Religious Endowments’ decision issued in September 2013 to close down neighborhood places of worship of less than 80 square meters (861 square feet), a move intended to protect young people from the militancy and extremism that can prevail in such places, which lack the legal standing to hold Friday prayers.

This move sets a precedent that raises many questions about the fate of mosques in many Egyptian villages, the grounds of which are usually less than 80 square meters. In reply, opponents of the decision such as the Salafist Nour Party claimed that closing down places of worship without providing a larger alternative serves to further bolster extremist ideology, considering that the larger existing mosques cannot accommodate Friday worshippers who line surrounding streets to pray. On the opposite end of the spectrum, supporters of the decision such as intellectuals and scholars say that those mosques are time bombs that threaten national security, as they fall outside the purview of the Ministry of Religious Endowments and are used to spread subversive ideologies.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama will not even utter the words “Islamic terrorism.”

Source:http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/03/egyptian-el-sisi-government-closes-27000-mosques-in-move-to-fight-terrorism/

Comments

Salafists are Sunnis and they oppose the Shiites.  Salafists are active terrorists and only comprise 5 to 6 million of Egypt’s 82 million Muslims. http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/6073/what-is-salafism-and-should-we-be-worried-by-it 

Of the total Muslim population, 10-13% are Shia Muslims and 87-90% are Sunni Muslims. Most Shias (between 68% and 80%) live in just four countries: Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq.  95% in Iran are Shia. 70% in Iraq are Shia.  

85% of Saudis are Sunni 85% in Pakistan and Afghanistan are Sunni. 80% in Syria and 60% in Yemen are Sunni.  85% in India are Sunni. http://www.pewforum.org/2009/10/07/mapping-the-global-muslim-population/ Jordan is 90% Sunni. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Indonesia is 90% Sunni. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam The Muslim Brotherhood is Sunni-based in doctrine. It is “arab” in origin. It arose from Egyptian prisons and erupted when prisoners were released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood

Terrorists come from both Shia and Sunni backgrounds. But reforms will probably come from the Sunnis.

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