In a meeting with the newly appointed Japanese ambassador in Cairo, Norihiro Okuda, Minister of Endowments Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq said that he would be willing to send over religious specialists to further educate Japanese Muslims about the religion. He told the ambassador about the close relations that have always brought Muslims and Copts together in Egypt and warned against the harming of national unity that could be caused by prejudice against Islamic symbols.

Key Words: Norihiro Okuda – Japan – Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq