BEIRUT: Lebanese Grand Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian met Friday with Egyptian religious officials at the end of his 3-day trip to the country, in which he participated in an Islamic conference on fundamentalism and terrorism.
Derian first visited the Egyptian Minister of Endowments Sheikh Mohammad Mukhtar, whom he updated on Dar al-Fatwa’s activities in Lebanon, especially on the level of teaching moderate Islam.
“Dar al-Fatwa takes moderation as its way of serving the Islamic call,” Derian said after the meeting, stressing on the necessity to enhance the values of tolerance and dialogue rather than elimination.
Derian also met the president of the al-Azhar Universirty Abdel-Hay Azab, underlining the importance of scholastic cooperation between the Islamic University of Beirut, which is affiliated with Dar al-Fatwa, and the al-Azhar University in Egypt.
The main purpose of Derian’s trip was to participate in the Islamic Conference on Terrorism, organized by al-Azhar Mosque’s Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb.
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