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| Egypt's Azhar snubs Jerusalem visit under Israel |
| 2009-04-28 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The Grand Sheikh and scholars at Egypt's al-Azhar University refused Monday calls by the Minister of Endowments to visit Occupied Jerusalem with Israeli entry visas. Minister of Endowments Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq stirred controversy in Egyptian religious circles when he called upon all Muslims to visit Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque to force the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine. The Scholars and the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Muslim institution, declined to respond to Zaqzouq's call and argued that a visit to Jerusalem with Israeli entry visas would be the equivalent of recognizing the occupation as being legitimate. |
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