Ahram Online Pope Francis made “an impassioned call for an end to the militant violence, fratricide and religious strife”, during his first visit to Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Friday. “May the clash of arms be silenced… may there be an end to acts of violence and extremism”, he said, addressing …
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Ahram Online Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed El-Tayyeb extended his “heartfelt Christmas greetings to head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis and all Christians worldwide”. In a message to Pope Frances, El-Tayyeb highlighted “the robust ties between the Muslim and Christian worlds”. The grand imam cited joint efforts, …
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Ahram Online The UN’s head Antonio Guterres expressed solidarity with Muslims all over the world and denounced hate speech, racism, and anti-Semitism in Cairo on Tuesday, following a meeting with the head of Al-Azhar. The secretary-general’s comments at Al-Azhar headquarters, Egypt’s leading institution of Sunni Islamic learning, come less …
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Imam Ahmed Al-Tayyeb’s comments came in a televised speech in Abu Dhabi during a ceremony attended by Pope Francis at the Human Fraternity Meeting. Ahram Online Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Muslim Sunni institution, called on Monday on Muslims in the Middle …
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Ahram Online Roman Catholic Pope Francis prayed for the victims killed in a Friday terrorist attack in Upper Egypt’s Minya, Vatican News reported on Sunday. The pope decried the attack, which killed seven Copts and injured at least 12 others, saying that they were killed “for the mere fact …
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