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Top Sunni Muslim cleric condemns ´hateful´ Paris attacks

CAIRO: The head of Sunni Islam´s leading seat of learning, Cairo´s Al-Azhar, on Saturday condemned "hateful" attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people and urged global unity against extremism.

"We denounce this hateful incident," Ahmed al-Tayeb told a conference in comments broadcast by Egyptian state television. "The time has come for the world to unite to confront this monster."

By AFP
November 14, 2015
CAIRO: The head of Sunni Islam´s leading seat of learning, Cairo´s Al-Azhar, on Saturday condemned "hateful" attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people and urged global unity against extremism.

"We denounce this hateful incident," Ahmed al-Tayeb told a conference in comments broadcast by Egyptian state television. "The time has come for the world to unite to confront this monster."