Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Sunni Islam’s most renowned seat of learning, arrived at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith fraternity, reports The Guardian. The document pledges that al-Azhar and the Vatican will work together to battle extremism. All religious leaders had a “duty to reject every nuance of approval from the word war,” he said in a 26-minute address. The UAE is part of the Saudi-led military coalition engaged in the war in Yemen. He was greeted with a 21-shot salute and military flyover trailing yellow and white smoke in the colours of the Vatican flag.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 05, 2019 12:00 UTC