In an announcement, the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb and a number of Muslim scholars of the Islamic Research Academy as well as Jamā´at Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah, al-Jama´iyyah al-Shari´iyyah, members of different Islamic streams and al-Da´wah al-Salafiyyah spoke out against Shi´ite places of worship in Egypt.

Furthermore, the establishment of a commission was decided on at a conference at the Azhar. This commission, headed by al-Tayyīb, is devise plans for missionary work, media outlets and cultural work in order to address “the Shi´ite tide which triggers sectarian disputes and harms Egyptian unity.”

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