Al-Azhar, the Islamic world’s top Sunni religious institution, on Saturday urged all Egyptians to stand against any attempts to destabilize the country. Azhar’s statement said it that keeps an eye on destructive movements aiming to tear down public order, undermine Egypt’s security and disrupt development and investment. Egypt is marching in the right direction as clearly indicated by various development projects being accomplished on the ground, the statement added. In another statement, Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa said that calling to incite chaos is a crime amounting to national treason. Advocates against public order must be treated with the utmost decisiveness, he said, to deter anyone seeking to undermine Egypt’s society and safety.

Source: Egypt Independent September 26, 2020 12:29 UTC