Sisi's call for religious tolerance divides Muslims - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Rami Galal

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Muslim scholars and popes of eastern churches attend the conference "Azhar in the face of terrorism and extremism" in Cairo, December 3, 2014. Grand Imam of Egypt?s al-Azhar Institution Ahmed al-Tayeb addressed a two-day international conference in Cairo organised by his institution. The grand imam stressed that "terrorist organisations" try to sell a "fraudulent" image of Islam.Pope Tawadros II, the pope of the Coptic Orthodox church launched the conference alongside Tayeb. Around 600 Muslim scholars and — Muslim scholars and popes of eastern churches attend the conference "Al-Azhar in the face of terrorism and extremism" in Cairo, Dec. 3, 2014. — REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

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