French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday assured that his country respects all religions and that he will convey a message in this sense to the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh. Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb will receive Le Drian at the headquarters of the Al-Azhar sheikhdom on Sunday. Le Drian also met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in the presence of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the French Ambassador in Cairo Stephane Romatet. “In a world of 1.5 billion Muslims, what percentage of them do you think are extremists?” he added. The president pointed out that it would be unfair for Muslims worldwide to undergo insults because of a small percentage of extremists.

Source: Egypt Independent November 08, 2020 14:37 UTC