Anti-extremism booths appear at Cairo stations

Al-azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s leading religious university, has set up booths in Cairo metro stations to provide edicts to commuters.

It is the latest attempt to dispel misconceptions and misinterpretations of religious texts seen as fostering Islamic militancy in Egypt.

The move comes after militants killed at least 28 security personnel in two attacks earlier this month and more than 100 Coptic Christians since December in four separate attacks.