Westminster Institute Talks

Transcript: https://westminster-institute.org/events/is-the-muslim-brotherhood-still-a-threat-today/ Cynthia Farahat is a Writing Fellow at the Middle  East Forum and a founder of the Egyptian Liberal party, which was the  first secular classical liberal political party in the history of modern  Egypt. She co-authored Desecration of a Heavenly Religion, which  analyzed and criticized Egypt’s blasphemy law. The book was officially  banned in Egypt by al-Azhar University in Cairo in 2008. Cynthia’s work  on countering Islamic terrorism has lead Lebanon’s intelligence  officials to officially bar her from entering the country. She also  received hundreds of death threats from Islamists and was placed on an  al-Qaeda affiliated hit list. Recently she has briefed over 120  Congressional offices on the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood by  discussing her personal story as well as her research, from a cache of  thousands of previously und