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Al-Azhar and June 30 Revolution: Supporting the will of Egyptians

Thursday 29-06-2017 - 06:42 PM

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Cairo - Egypt’s Al-Azhar played a major role to support June 30 Revolution that led to the dislodging of Muslim Brotherhood’s regime one year of its ascent to power. Al-Azhar, the oldest and highest seat of Islamic learning, expressed its support for the people’s will, refuting claims by opponents of June 30 Revolution who described the calls for demonstrations against the Brotherhood as a war against Islam.

During the demonstrations, Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb called upon all Egyptians to hold onto their unity, stressing the need for not giving the chance of malicious group to drive them apart. Al-Tayeb warned against any attempts to raise tensions among Egyptians, saying that "dividing us will only lead disasters - God forbid."

ِAzhar's Grand Imam Ahmed Al Tayeb

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam called upon different parties to work together and take serious steps to diffuse the current political, social and economic crises. He expressed his appreciation to the stamina of Egyptian people who rallied in the streets to express their opinion in civilized manner.

Al-Tayeb was one of the major figures who participated in July 3 Declaration with leaders of Egypt’s Defense Ministry and a range of political figures. He also delivered a speech during the press conference held by then-Defense-Minister-turned-president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; when El-Sisi declared the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood’s President Mohamed Morsi.

At his speech before the assembly, Al-Tayeb expressed full support for the will of Egyptians, calling upon all Egyptians, Muslims and Christians, to celebrate their victories and unity in order to overcome any challenges ahead of them. He concluded by saying that Egypt’s Al-Azhar aspires to be part of re-engineering a post-revolutionary and democratic Egypt; an Egypt for everyone.