Editor's note: This column was written by Joseph Farah before all hell broke loose and death threats against Egypt's president were reported in WND.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is on a crusade to reform Islam.
I hope he's got really good bodyguards.
When Anwar al-Sadat made peace with Israel, he was assassinated. What al-Sisi is doing is even more dangerous. He's calling for Islamic clerics and Muslims worldwide to reconsider a fundamental doctrine of the faith – that the world is divided into two spheres: Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb.
Da al-Islam is the world of Islam, and Dar al-Harb is the world of war. For fundamentalist Muslims, there are only two states – Islam or war.
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Al-Sisi seeks to change that – revolutionizing Islam's worldview.
His speech Jan. 1 to Muslim clerics was bold and courageous. It came a few days after al-Sisi met with Egyptian Christians and wished them a merry Christmas, something considered heretical in many Islamic circles. He told the long-suffering Christians, representing 10 percent of the nation's population, "Yes, a humanistic and civilizing message should once more emanate from Egypt. This is why we must not call ourselves anything other than 'Egyptians.' We're all Egyptians."
So you might ask, what has been the reaction to these statements in the Islamic world?
Shockingly, we found there has been silence. Not a single Islamic leader anywhere else in the world welcomed al-Sisi's call to stop the war with the rest of the world. Not one. Even in the U.S. the Muslim Brotherhood front groups that put on a moderate face for the Western media – from the Council on American-Islamic Relations to the Islamic Society of North America to the Muslim Students Association – had nothing to say. Some of them simply hung up the phones when they were asked.
No statements.
No press releases.
No press reports.
No interviews.
No speeches.
What does that tell you?
It tells me just how hopeless it is that Islam is going to reform itself – even to the point of ceasing its suicidal war on the rest of humanity.
It also exposed the deception and fraud of the Muslim Brotherhood front groups who pretend they are merely fighting for their "civil rights" and exposing injustice.
Before any of these groups and their spokesman get one more minute of media time in the West, they should be forced publicly to answer the question: What do you think of al-Sisi's speech? Is he right about Islam? Is it in need of a reformation? Should Muslims stop their war on the rest of the world?
It's been four weeks since al-Sisi's groundbreaking, daring speech and no one in Islam has any comment?
No discussion.
No debate.
That's how isolated al-Sisi is from the rest of the Muslim world.
That's not to say there aren't millions and millions of Muslims around the world who agree with him. It's just that none dare speak it.
What about Egypt's religious leaders?
Watch their reaction to the speech. They squirm in their seats. Some sit on their hands. There's not a lot of enthusiasm expressed.
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Later, the only comments from them suggest it's time for better public relations with the rest of the world. Some said they needed to use social media more effectively. Huh? Is the problem with Islam that it is not using social media effectively? ISIS uses it very effectively in furthering its death wish on the rest of the world.
Islam doesn't have a public relations problem. The problem is its all-too genocidal outlook toward the non-Muslim world.
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