Voice of America: Egypt's Top Cleric Rebuffs Iranian President on Gulf

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Egypt's Top Cleric Rebuffs Iranian President on Gulf Feb 5th 2013, 17:48 Egypt's top Muslim cleric told visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday that his Shi'ite-led government must refrain from interfering in the affairs of Gulf Arab states and must give full rights to Sunnis living in Iran. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of the al-Azhar mosque, also urged Mr. Ahmadinejad to "respect Bahrain as a sisterly Arab state" and rejected "the spread of Shi'ism" in Sunni countries. The two met on the first visit by an ...

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