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Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, expressed his pride in the visit of His Excellency the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh, today, Monday, at the headquarters of the sheikhdom in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

And he said - during their meeting today on the sidelines of Minister Al-Sheikh's official visit to the Republic of Egypt to chair the work of the 13th session of the Executive Council meetings of the Conference of Ministers of Endowments and Islamic Affairs in the Islamic world: "Today I am extremely happy and joyful and humankind is honored by my dear brother, His Excellency the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, by visiting Al-Azhar." The Sharif, and we have heard good words and they have reassured us a lot about the Kingdom and the Two Holy Mosques, and the progress of work in it.”

And the Sheikh of Al-Azhar continued: “In fact, the kingdom has the status of holiness in our hearts and the heart of every Muslim. We ask God, the Blessed and Exalted, to prolong the life of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and to enjoy him with health and wellness, His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Excellency the Minister of Call and Islamic Affairs, and I do not exaggerate if I say, that we When we see His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Latif Al Sheikh, we feel a long and ancient history, which is the history of friendship and strong cohesion between the Kingdom and Egypt as a people, king, president, governments and scholars as well.

He emphasized by saying, that the role of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince, in serving Islam and Muslims and spreading moderation and moderation, is well known and tangible to us here at Al-Azhar, to the extent that when I received Maulana, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, I told him, for your information: “Al-Azhar and the role of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques are there with the scholars.” In one boat, we are in one squadron."

The Sheikh of Al-Azhar continued: "Praise be to God, now, thanks to the efforts of the Kingdom, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, terrorist movements and extremism have been eradicated, and we have begun to live a new era in our Arab world, governed by the correct and true Sharia that we have learned. Our Arab and Islamic world has what our leaders in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Arab world started with, and peoples will enjoy, and they have already begun to enjoy and smell the smells of security, stability, progress and development, and this is known and only denial can deny it.

He stressed that Al-Azhar Al-Sharif announced its position a long time ago with regard to loyalty to the homeland, and completely rejects the presence of a citizen in an Arab or Islamic country who eats and provides food for himself and his children from the good of this country, then his loyalty to a foreign country, this is rejected in Islam before it is Rejected in our contemporary world.

Al-Imam Al-Tayyib emphasized that the message that the Kingdom’s scholars and Al-Azhar scholars are calling for is consistent with the message of the scholars of the Islamic world, which is the unity of Muslims and the meeting and alignment as one so that they can face the strong winds.

For his part, His Excellency Minister Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh expressed his appreciation to the Grand Imam and all the scholars of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the depth of relations between Al-Azhar and the Kingdom, and the constant and continuous coordination regarding discussion of calamities and jurisprudential developments, due to the great prestige of Al-Azhar and its Grand Imam over level of the Islamic world.