Hussam Tammam

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Repentant Jihadists and the Changing Face of Islamism in Egypt

Repentant jihadists—former Islamic militants who won release from prison by explicitly renouncing violence and other extremist ideas—have become a topic of political debate in Egypt and provoke varying reactions, most of them negative. In addition to the question of whether they might resume the use of violence, the changing nature of religiosity in Egypt affects the jihadists’ current relevance.

  • Hussam Tammam
· September 9, 2008