Egypt President: No Reconciliation with Islamists

Egypt's new president vows there will be no reconciliation with anyone who "committed crimes against Egyptians."

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, 59, made the statement after taking the oath of office Sunday before the Supreme Constitutional Court at its headquarters in a suburb south of Cairo.

Though he never mentioned the Muslim Brotherhood or other Islamist groups by name, the reference was clear.

Following massive protests last spring, with more than 30 million Egyptians calling for the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, el-Sisi was tasked with informing him he must step down.

In time, the interim government banned the group and labeled it a terrorist organization. The Muslim Brotherhood had been banned during the 31-year tenure of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

El-Sisi resigned from the military last March to run for the presidency. The former army chief won the election by a landslide, garnering 97 percent of the vote.