Salafist Attacks in Egypt Raise Spectre of Further Violence
Attacks by Salafists in Egypt are escalating as they did in Tunisia. Even more ominous, reports Mohannad Sabry for Al-Monitor, they aren't being met with resistance by the new government as they once were under the Mubarak regime.
CAIRO — Attacks by hard-line Salafist Muslims have raised concerns that Egypt may be in store for even more violence, similar to that witnessed this week in Tunisia.
Both Arab nations were ruled by ironfisted dictatorships for decades, led the Arab Spring and witnessed an unprecedented rise of Islamists to power.
