Archbishop of Canterbury visits Grand Imam at Al-Azhar
Cairo – September 2004
Cairo – September 2004
ADIC, Al-Azhar and Church of England
ADIC and the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar’s work with the Vatican paved the way for dialogue between Al-Azhar and other religious institutions. Therefore, Dr. Aly El-Samman was asked to initiate contacts with the Church of England and to prepare the groundwork for cooperation. As a result, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar exchanged several visits between 1995 and 1999.
The culmination of these meetings was the creation of a Joint Committee for Dialogue between the Church of England and Al-Azhar. An agreement signed on September 11, 2001 established a permanent program of dialogue and an agreement to meet every year to find solutions to issues that threaten Muslim-Christian understanding.
ADIC and the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar’s work with the Vatican paved the way for dialogue between Al-Azhar and other religious institutions. Therefore, Dr. Aly El-Samman was asked to initiate contacts with the Church of England and to prepare the groundwork for cooperation. As a result, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar exchanged several visits between 1995 and 1999.
The culmination of these meetings was the creation of a Joint Committee for Dialogue between the Church of England and Al-Azhar. An agreement signed on September 11, 2001 established a permanent program of dialogue and an agreement to meet every year to find solutions to issues that threaten Muslim-Christian understanding.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to Al-Azhar
Islam and Christianity in Today’s World Cairo - November 1999 His Grace, Dr. George Cary, made his second visit to Al-Azhar in November, 1999 and delivered a speech titled “An Agenda for Action: Islam and Christianity in Today’s World”. The Archbishop spoke about Islam, the commonalties among the monotheistic religions, and the role of religion in development. |
The Anglican Communion and Al-Azhar Al-Sharif
An Agreement for Dialogue Cairo - September 11, 2001 We affirm the importance of building on the excellent relations between the Anglican Communion and Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. We acknowledge the brotherly relations between the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr. Mohamed Sayed Tantawy and Dr. George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the President of the Anglican Communion. |
Communiqué from the Anglican and Al-Azhar Dialogue Committee
Cairo - September 9, 2004 The Joint Committee, composed of a delegation from the Anglican Communion and the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions, held its third annual meeting in Al-Azhar in Cairo on 23 and 24 Rajab 1425, which corresponds to 8 and 9 September 2004. This was held in accord with the agreement signed at Lambeth Palace on 30 January 2002 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. |
The First Alexandria Conference Press release from office of Archbishop of Canterbury January 21, 2002 More than a dozen senior Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders from the Holy land have concluded an unprecedented joint declaration pledging themselves to work together for a just and lasting peace. The agreement, to be known as the First Alexandria Declaration of the Religious leaders of the Holy Land, was approved Monday, January 21, at a landmark conference of religious leaders in the Egyptian port city, chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey. |
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The First Alexandria Declaration of Religious Leaders of the Holy Land Alexandria - January 21, 2002 In the Name of God who is Almighty, Merciful and Compassionate, we, who have gathered as religious leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities, pray for true peace in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and declare our commitment to ending the violence and bloodshed that denies the right to life and dignity. |
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ Visit to Al-Azhar
Cairo - September 11, 2004 Grand Imam Mohamed Sayed Tantawy received the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, one of Sunni Islam’s most revered centres of learning. The occasion was the Anglican Communion and Al-Azhar Al-Sharif’s annual meeting. His Grace the Archbishop was accompanied by HE the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Cairo, the U.K. Embassy’s staff in Cairo, the Bishop of the Anglican Church in Cairo, and the Church’s delegation. |
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The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Welcoming Speech to Archbishop of Canterbury Al-Azhar, Cairo - September 11, 2004 Al-Azhar Al-Sharif would like to welcome His Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his accompanying delegation, and HE the U.K.’s Ambassador to Cairo, as well as his accompanying delegation, and we hope that you will convey our regards to Dr. George Carey, the Former Archbishop of Canterbury, with whom we have previously exchanged visits in London and at Al-Azhar. Today we have the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that is presided over by the former Undersecretary of Al-Azhar and Dr. Aly El-Samman. |
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Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams
Speech at Al-Azhar Cairo - September 11, 2004 I am very deeply moved by the honor of being invited to address you in this place, as a guest and, I hope, as a friend. It is some twenty-five years since I first visited this great city and al-Azhar mosque; and I can remember my wonder and delight at the quality of its buildings and the atmosphere of dedication and calm reflection expressed in the very stones of the walls. I am here as a Christian, to speak to you of some of those matters which both unite us and divide us. In the world as it is now developing, it is of the most central importance that we as Christians and Muslims understand one another better. |
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