Cairo (AFP) - Representatives of Sunni Islam's prestigious Al-Azhar institution and from the Vatican held talks in Cairo on Wednesday following up on a rapprochement launched in 2016.
Their meeting focused on the role of the Cairo-based institution and the Vatican "in countering fanaticism, extremism and violence", Al-Azhar said in a statement.
"Dialogue must prevail between men to dissipate... differences, and religion is capable of overcoming discord with tolerance," Mahmoud Zaqzouq of Al-Azhar said in an opening address.
The Vatican delegation was led by Jean-Louis Tauran, a French cardinal who heads a Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, of which Pope Francis is a keen advocate.
The pope hosted the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb, at the Vatican last May, in a warming of ties damaged when former pope Benedict XVI appeared to associate Islam with terrorism in a 2006 speech.
On paper Mahama and Bawumia’s visions make Ghana America but it will be Kasoa wh...
IGP engages Council of State Members ahead of 2024 General Elections
I will foster a strong partnership between gov’t and media to protect our natura...
Media’s failure to hold gov’t accountable on issues such as illegal mining is a ...
Societe Generale to pack out of Ghana, other African countries
May 4: Cedi sells at GHS13.99 to $1, GHS13.42 on BoG interbank
You’re inviting bad luck upon yourself if you use Indian hair — Spiritualist war...
Ejisu by-election: Police questions Kwadaso MP, two others over bribery allegati...
Nana Kwame Bediako is Nkrumah’s reincarnate; he’ll be president if he appoints N...
Dumsor: Mahama gave us ‘dum, dum, dum’ but we are now in the era of ‘dum sie sie...
