Al-Azhar Grand Imam slams world’s hypocrisy when it comes to Israel

The grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, criticised world powers over their silence and hypocrisy about Israel’s devastating war against Lebanon and the Gaza Strip which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands and described it as “political schizophrenia”.

This came during a meeting with the President of the Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches, Reverend Andre Zaki, and a delegation from the South Africa Council of Churches and American churches.

Al-Tayeb said the most prominent features of this “political schizophrenia” are the global hypocrisy practised by major countries which demand an end to Israel aggression on Gaza while continuing to provide Tel Aviv with weapons to kill more innocent people.

He pointed out that politicians who practise this global hypocrisy do not want to achieve a just peace, or to support the oppressed in Gaza and Lebanon, stressing that they have lost their moral compass and morality.

The modern world, he added, is trying to exclude divine religions and distance it from everyday life and blamed the Arab and Islamic world for not preparing itself to confront these contemporary challenges, and instead became preoccupied with sectarian challenges and strife.

“If the Palestinian and Lebanese people had been able to possess one per cent of what the Zionist entity possesses in terms of weapons and equipment, this occupier would not have dared to deal with them in this inhumane manner!” he added.

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