Antiterrorist struggle in Egypt: fifty years of futile confrontation?

... radical Islamism – Hasan al-Banna, Seyid Khutb, Farag & ors were born and flourished namely in the Land of the Pharaohs. Egyptian know-how in countering terrorism is rightfully seen as one of the best practices in the Middle East. Former President H.Mubarak managed to work out the most effective in the Arab world model of fighting radicals through an all-out war waged in all directions. But the only thing he could do was “to mothball” the threat of Islamism. After all, terrorism in Egypt has ...