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Thursday, 4 August 2016

Azhar Grand Imam stresses cooperation with Religious Endowments Ministry on unified Friday sermons without further clarification

Al Azhar seeks to ‘coordinate’ on the selection of Friday sermons with the Religious Endowments Ministry (Awqaf), Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El Tayeb said to state news agency MENA on Wednesday, Ahram Online reported, without providing any further clarification or retraction of its attempt to challenge Awqaf’s authority to issue such sermons. Last Friday, Al Azhar eschewed the verbatim sermon issued by Awqaf on cleanliness, opting to have its clerics preach on unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. El Tayeb’s statements came following meetings with both President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Grand Mufti Shawki Allam and Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa.

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