Last Supper
Unfortunately, the depiction in the ceremony runs counter to Olympic Charter principles, seemingly promoting specific intellectual agendas unrelated to sports, which ideally should unite rather than divide, the Church said.
“Al-Azhar, and nearly two billion Muslims behind it, believe that Jesus (pbuh) is the Messenger of Allah. The Quran reads, Jesus is Allah’s “Word through Mary and a spirit from Him” (4: 171),” the statement continued.
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