{"id":2705,"date":"2013-02-07T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2013-02-07T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:27:01","slug":"al-azhar-scolds-ahmadinejad-on-sunni-rights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2013\/02\/07\/2705\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Azhar Scolds Ahmadinejad on Sunni Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news2\/ahmadinejad-azhar.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>first Iranian presidential visit to Egypt for more than thirty years has been beset by controversy with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being lectured by the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh and then attacked outside a mosque by a man wielding a shoe.   <!--more-->  <br \/>Video released by Turkey\u2019s Anadolu news agency on Tuesday showed a man throwing a shoe at the Iranian president as he left Cairo\u2019s al-Hussein mosque following evening prayers. The footage shows a man, believed to be a Syrian national due to his accent, striking out several times and Ahmadinejad immediately being surrounded by body-guards. The attacker reportedly denounced Ahmadinejad as a \u201ccoward\u201d and was arrested following the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi received the Iranian President at Cairo Airport on Tuesday. He is in town to attend a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Egyptian officials revealed that Mursi and Ahmadinejad discussed ways to end the bloodshed in Syria and strengthen bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following this, Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb met with the Iranian president during which time he warned Ahmadinejad not to meddle in Gulf Arab affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He denounced the \u201cspread of Shi\u2019ism in Sunni lands\u201d adding that Tehran must \u201crespect Bahrain as a sisterly Arab state\u201d, according to a statement by al-Azhar\u2019s media office. Egypt\u2019s top Sunni cleric also called on Tehran to guarantee full rights to Iran\u2019s Sunni community<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Egypt\u2019s Al-Daw&#8217;a al-Salafiyyah (The Salafist Call) welcomed Al-Azhar\u2019s call for an end to the oppression being exercised against Iran\u2019s Sunni minority. Party spokesman Abdul Moneim El-Shahat stressed that al-Azhar, as one of the top religious institutes in Egypt, has every right to issue such statements, even if they are not accepted by the other side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian official and semi-official news agencies did not report any of the criticisms made by the al-Azhar Grand Sheikh towards Ahmadinejad and Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s official Irna news agency quoted Dr. al-Tayeb as saying, \u201cWe respect you (Ahmadinejad) as a person who is trying to create unity among Muslims\u201d adding \u201cwe hope your idea of creating unity among Muslims can be materialized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr emphasized that Cairo will not seek to improve its ties with Iran at the expense of Arab Gulf security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on Tuesday, the Egyptian FM said, \u201cThe security of Gulf countries is a red line for Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding the prospect of Egyptian-Iranian rapprochement, he said, \u201cEgypt has a clear cut stance on this issue. This stance has been repeatedly declared by the president and the foreign ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time that an Iranian President has visited Egypt since the Islamic revolution in 1979.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diplomatic ties between Cairo and Tehran broke down in 1980 after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel and gave asylum to Iran\u2019s exiled Shah Reza Pahlavi. In 1981, Iran named a Tehran street after Khaled Islambouli, assassin of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However relations between the two regional powers improved after the Egyptians elected an Islamist president in June. Despite this, Cairo and Tehran remain at odds over a number of issues, particularly the Syrian crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking before leaving Tehran for Cairo, Iran state news agency Irna quoted Ahmadinejad as saying, \u201cI will try to pave the ground for developing co-operation between Iran and Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, \u201cIf Tehran and Cairo see more eye-to-eye on regional and international issues, many (issues) will change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is not yet clear to what degree this has been achieved by Ahmadinejad\u2019s first visit to Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: <em><strong>Asharq Al-Awsat<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>first Iranian presidential visit to Egypt for more than thirty years has been beset by controversy with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being lectured by the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh and then attacked outside a mosque by a man wielding a shoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c97-distinctive-news-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Al-Azhar Scolds Ahmadinejad on Sunni Rights - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2013\/02\/07\/2705\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Al-Azhar Scolds Ahmadinejad on Sunni Rights - SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"first Iranian presidential visit to Egypt for more than thirty years has been beset by controversy with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being lectured by the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh and then attacked outside a mosque by a man wielding a shoe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2013\/02\/07\/2705\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-07T09:27:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/07\\\/2705\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/07\\\/2705\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"majed\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be\"},\"headline\":\"Al-Azhar Scolds Ahmadinejad on Sunni Rights\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-07T09:27:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/07\\\/2705\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":591,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Distinctive News &amp; 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