[Ennahar] Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar University, criticized on Sunday the call of Pope Benedict XVI to the world leaders to protect the Christians, saying it was an "unacceptable interference" in Egyptian affairs, according to state news agency MENA.
| "Them infidels is ourn, t'do with as we please. Y'all have been jihaded before, and ye'll be jihaded again, if ye can't keep yer nose outta Master Religion business. So be a good boy and go back t'talking 'bout the Religion of Peace." |
"I do not agree with the view of the pope, and I wonder why the pope did not call for the protection of Mohammedans when they were being killed in Iraq?" Asked the imam of Al-Azhar, head of the great institution of Sunni Islam, based in Cairo.
Because the Pope is responsible for Christians, leaving the Muslims for the imams to shepherd. To be blunt, the imams have not done well protecting their own from predators masquerading as other sheep vampires among their own flocks. |
"Facing discrimination, abuse and religious intolerance, which now stand especially Christians (...). The words are not enough, there must be a real and constant commitment of leaders of nations" had said Pope on Saturday in Rome.
While criticizing the pope, Ahmed al-Tayyeb reiterated at a presser his unequivocal condemnation of the attack that left 21 dead on the night of Friday to Saturday in front of a Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Saturday he had spoken of "atrocious act prohibited by Islam."
| I was under the impression such a decision could only be determined by agreement of the entire ulema, not merely by the highest imam of the oldest university in Dar al Islam, even if he does have the support of the many scholars of his university. |
The Sunni head also announced the creation of a joint committee with the Coptic Church to understand the reasons for the tensions between the two communities
| Because Egypts's Muslims like oppressing Egypt's Christians... and President Mubarak is willing to indulge that little pleasure. |
and try to solve them. This committee should hold its first meeting in two weeks.
A little later, the grand imam visited the Orthodox Coptic Patriarch Shenouda III at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. But at his exit, dozens of Coptic demonstrators chanted "We do not want you", and struck his car.
Tensions have increased since a year between the religious communities in Egypt. The Copts, who account for 6 to 10% of the estimated 80 million Egyptians, feel marginalized and threatened.
| Prob'ly because they are. |
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