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| Egypt: Whose Brand of Islam Will Prevail? |
December 19, 2013 |
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There may be no country in the world right now with a more volatile relationship between religion and government than Egypt. Most Egyptians are Sunni Muslim. And most say the government should play a role in religious life - just how much is an open question. The now-deposed Islamist President, Mohamed Morsi, offered one answer, but critics say he went too far in blurring the lines between religion and state.
Now the new military-backed government is promoting its own brand of religious thought, mainly through a Sunni Muslim institution called Al-Azhar University (pictured.)
Kimberly Adams, reporter with Jocelyn Frank, producer
Khaled Fahmy, chair of the Department of History at The American University in Cairo
Jessica Winegar, professor of anthropology at Northwestern University
Photos from Cairo by Kimberly Adams, from her story on Al-Azhar. Click on the double arrows on the bottom right to view full captions.
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