Al-Azhar, the foremost institution in Sunni Islam, refuses to declare the Islamic State apostate

By Robert Spencer / Jihad Watch

In June 2009 at al-Azhar, Barack Obama said: “For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning.” In October 2001, right after 9/11, the New York Times called Al-Azhar “the revered mosque, the distinguished university, the leading voice of the Sunni Muslim establishment.” It quoted a Muslim cleric: “Al Azhar […]

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