AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Al-Ahram
Tuesday

10 January 2012

8:30:00 PM
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Grand Sunni Imam: Resistance a legitimate right of the Palestinians

In a meeting with the Hamas prime minister on Tuesday, Grand Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb shows support for Palestinian resistance and affirms dedication to reclaiming Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The resistance of the Palestinian people is a “legitimate right granted by the decree of Islamic Sharia as well as that of international charters," said Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb to Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya in a recent meeting.  During the gathering in Cairo on Tuesday afternoon between a delegation from Hamas and El-Tayeb, Haniya stated that the resistance is a “staple for the people of Palestine” and that there will be “no concessions provided [by the Palestinians] on their choice of resistance until the liberation of Palestinian soil.”Haniya added that the Egyptian revolution had been supportive of the Palestinian issue “at various levels.”EL-Tayeb announced during the meeting that Al-Azhar is in the process of organising a conference to discuss ways of counteracting the Judaisation of Jerusalem and reclaiming Islamic holy sites in the city./129