CAIRO: Amid growing Islamophobia, Al-Azhar has started an inter-faith dialogue between Muslims and Christians to build bridges and remove misgivings.
Ahmed El-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar in Egypt, affirmed the religious institution’s “endeavors to continue Islamic-Christian dialogue.”
Receiving Louis Raphael Sako, the Chaldean Catholic patriarch in Iraq, El-Tayeb said Al-Azhar will continue to “confront extremist and destructive ideas.”
The patriarch expressed his happiness to meet El-Tayeb and said: “Iraqi Muslims and Christians eagerly await his visit.”
He added that the document of human brotherhood signed by El-Tayeb and Pope Francis is the roadmap in the relationship between Muslims and Christians.
