Why we don’t see more sincere Islamic reformers, yet again: “Egyptian author appeals for protection following Islamist threats,” by Sherif Tarek for Ahram Online, June 10: A Germany-based Egyptian author has requested protection from Egyptian authorities after ultra-conservative Islamists in Egypt declared him an “apostate” and launched an online campaign calling for his death. Even … Continue reading Egypt: Muslim who envisioned Islam “without sharia or jihad, without gender apartheid” threatened with death