Columnists focus on terrorism and the state’s strategy to combat it

The nation’s columnists expectedly had terrorism and the state’s security strategy on their minds. Authorities have claimed to uncover an international conspiracy to undermine Egypt’s security, yet failed to act in accordance with this discovery, Emad El Din Hussein writes for Al Shorouk. Abbas El Tarabily takes to the pages of Al Masry Al Youm to also level criticism at the state’s military and security strategies, which he notes are entirely reactive. Meanwhile, Al Shorouk’s Hossam El Sokkary has Al Azhar on his mind, noting that the Hurghada attacker is the most terror suspect believed to have studied at the university. El Sokkary reiterates oft-repeated calls for the institution to reform its teachings to avoid breeding extremist thought.