--- title: How 2 Muslim Leaders Are Fighting Back Against Extremism description: Arab and Muslim leaders are keenly aware of the profoundly destructive effect of Islamist radicalism is having throughout the Middle East. canonical: https://time.com/4471703/israel-arab-reader/ author: Dan Schueftan article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-20T13:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:16:24.203Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How 2 Muslim Leaders Are Fighting Back Against Extremism og:description: 'We are in urgent need of a revolution' og:url: https://time.com/4471703/israel-arab-reader/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd13fcb530483e128/6988a41efb4eac48f488eea1/isreal-arab-reader.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1120 og:image:height: 630 og:image:alt: isreal-arab-reader.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How 2 Muslim Leaders Are Fighting Back Against Extremism twitter:description: 'We are in urgent need of a revolution' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd13fcb530483e128/6988a41efb4eac48f488eea1/isreal-arab-reader.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How 2 Muslim Leaders Are Fighting Back Against Extremism > Sponsored content. 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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah as-Sisi, the general who deposed the Muslim Brotherhood regime, discussed this danger very candidly in Dec. 22, 2014. --- > “” --- In a speech at the Counter-Terrorism Combat Conference on Feb. 22, 2015, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb addressed the same issue: --- > “” --- The courageous public recognition from these two prominent speakers—the president of the most important Arab state and the head of the most prestigious Sunni Muslim institution—is a far cry from substantial change of the destructive Islamist tide in the Middle East. However, a denunciation of Islamic radicalism so unequivocal offers a silver lining in an essentially dark regional reality. _From_ [THE ISRAEL-ARAB READER: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/536713/the-israel-arab-reader-by-walter-laqueur-and-dan-schueftan-editors/)_, edited by Walter Laqueur and Dan Schueftan, published on September 20,_ 2016, _by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. 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