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July 12, 2016

Vatican, al-Azhar officials look to kick-start joint talks, cooperation

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and Sunni Islam's leading institution of higher learning have begun looking for ways to restart formal dialogue.

Published in International
May 24, 2016

Pope meets with head of top Sunni Muslim university, easing past tension

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23.

VATICAN CITY – After five years of tension and top-level silence, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican May 23.

Published in International
February 18, 2016

Vatican invites head of al-Azhar to meet with pope to restart dialogue

In this Dec. 29, 2013, file photo, Egyptian students look out the windows of a faculty building at Cairo's al-Azhar University one day after student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood set it on fire in Cairo, Egypt. The Vatican's interreligious council invited Ahmad el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar University, to travel to the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's interreligious council invited the head of a leading Muslim institution to meet with Pope Francis as part of an effort to restart dialogue.

Published in Vatican