Al-Azhar Sheikh Underlines Maintaining Islamic Unity
In reply to a letter by grand Shia source of emulation Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, el-Tayeb noted that neither Sunnis nor Shias benefit from sectarian disputes.
It is only the enemies of Islam who gain from discord among Muslims, he underscored.
The Egyptian senior cleric further called for dialogue among scholars of different Islamic schools of thought, saying, “I have always highlighted the necessity of holding a conference with the participation of top Shia and Sunni scholars” to counter the threats against the Muslim Ummah, IRNA reported.
He also urged that scholars should issue Fatwas against Takfir and killing fellow Muslims.
In his letter to el-Tayyeb a few weeks ago, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi had described Shia and Sunni as the two wings of the Islamic Ummah and stressed that sectarian conflicts are plots hatched by the enemies of Islam.
