I now read every day about the argument by the Al-Nour party, and also add to that, the clashes between the Minister of Culture and the Salafist. All of this pushes me to focus today about those exact events.
If we go back to the revolution of June 30th, we can see that the Al-Nour party was a part of the political process at that time. We all remember the most famous picture at this time of the gathering between Pope Tawadros, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, and the Salafist leader.
Remembering that day will lead us to understand why the State and the Ex-Defense Minister decided to contain the Salafists and put them in the political scene. I believe the Ex- Defense Minister was very smart to include the Salafists because at that time he wanted to show the world that the political power was included in the political environment and they were not excluded.
We have to understand that the State put the Salafists into the formula because of a reason that existed then, and exists now. I don’t think that the State itself is ready to exclude them from the political atmosphere.
Al-Sisi is a smart person, and he will keep playing this game until the right moment. Al-Sisi has a different approach from the Ex-President Al-Sadat, who encouraged the Islamic Current against everyone else. However, President Al-Sisi is not playing the same game, and has made his own completely different rules. He has mentioned several times that the Islamic Current is not ready to participate by any political means.
