(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) The sheikh of al-Azhar and president of al-Azhar University described Takfir as a blind sedition and a catastrophe for Islam.Addressing a ceremony held Monday in Cairo to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb stressed that Takfir aims to distort the image of Islam, Al-Ahram daily reported.He also criticized the spread of Takfiri Fatwas (religious edicts that consider some Muslims as infidels) in the Muslim world and the sheikhs who issue such Fatwas.Al-Tayyeb said such sheikhs claim to be defending Islam but they are actually working against Islam.He urged the youths who have been deceived by the sheikhs of sedition to return the right path and renounce Takfir.The Sheikh of Al-Azhar underlined that Islam does not condone frightening people and that those who commit acts of terrorism will end up in hell.He went on to say that the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) brought peace and freedom for humanity so that human beings can be liberated from ignorance and arrogance./149
source : Iqna
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12 January 2014
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The sheikh of al-Azhar and president of al-Azhar University described Takfir as a blind sedition and a catastrophe for Islam.