May 22, 2016 Meet the Middle East

Azhar imam to urge tolerance in historic pope meeting

Monday’s meeting will be the first between the leader of the world's Catholics and one of Islam's most important clerics.Abbas Shuman, deputy to grand imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, told AFP on Sunday that Francis's gestures towards Muslims encouraged Tayeb to meet the pope after falling out with his predecessor Benedict XVI.
Source: Albawaba
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