Egyptian President El Sisi Sets New President By Closing 27,000 Mosques For This Reason According to recent reports, the Ministry of Religious Endowment in Egypt has just closed 27,000 local mosques in an attempt to fight terrorism. Meanwhile, they awarded 400 preaching permits to Salafits. On February 18, an administrative court in Egypt upheld the decision to close down neighborhood places of worship that amounted to less than 80 square meters. The move was reportedly intended to protect young citizens from militancy and extremism. The move raised some serious questions about what that might mean for mosques in Egyptian villages, which often fall under that requirement. Those who opposed the decision claimed that closing the places of worship encourages extremist ideology. Supporters of the decision argued that the small mosques were simply ongoing threats to national security. What do you think of the ruling? 