Ayatollah Araki invites al-Azhar Sheikh to Islamic Unity Conference

In a meeting with Head of Egyptian Interest Section Yaser Osman in Tehran on Sunday, he condemned Friday's terrorist attack in al-Rawda Mosque in Egypt and expressed condolences over death of a large number of innocent people in the incident.

Noting that countering terrorist and criminal thoughts requires Islamic unity, he said that such events are alarming for the Muslim world to stand united, but they fell on deaf ears.

Ayatollah Araki hoped that Iran-Egypt relations will be reestablished as the county boasts of a special situation in the Islamic world for its al-Azhar and that Qom Seminary and al-Azhar would work out a joint scheme to prevent such calamities.

He also submitted the invitation letter addressed to Sheikh of al-Azhar to the head of Egyptian Interest Section saying that presence of Sheikh of al-Azhar is very vital to the implementation of the two countries’ joint projects.

“We are ready for any cooperation with Al-Azhar to form a unified front against the Takfiris,” he said highlighting role of Egypt in countering the terror threats.

Yaser Osman, for his part, said that terrorist groups are not a threat to the Islamic world alone; rather they are threatening the entire world.

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