Azhar association: Our message to world calls for discarding violence

CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) - Deputy Head of the World Association for al-Azhar Graduates Mohamed al Qousi said Sunday that Al Azhar's message to the world calls for love, amity, mercy and cooperation and at the same time it urges discarding all kinds of violence, terrorism and extremism.

At the end of a training course the association organized for Ethiopian imams and preachers, he called on Ethiopian graduates to be ambassadors for Al Azhar and help Ethiopian people know the upright teachings of Islam which calls for moderation away from extremism.

For his part, the deputy board chairman of the association Osama Yasin praised the role of the association in spreading Al Azhar's correct thoughts through training courses and activities to spread moderate concepts.

Head of the association in Ethiopia Ahmed Awal thanked the government and people of Egypt and Al Azhar grand Imam for organizing the training course in Egypt.