The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against the growing global climate of anti-Muslim sentiment in the wake of deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch and called on Muslims and Christians to unite against hatred. Speaking in Cairo’s historic al-Azhar mosque on Tuesday, UN chief António Guterres called on societies, faiths and cultures everywhere to “focus on what unites us”. Following his visit to Al-Azhar, he met Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb and was due to meet President Abdelfattah al Sisi. Amr Magdi, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, called on Guterres to raise the issue of human rights abuses in the country. He noted that the Grand Imam had also called for Muslims in the Middle East to protect Christian communities, who have been subjected to terror at the hands of fundamentalist groups such as ISIS.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2019 17:03 UTC