Wed 19/March/2025 – 05:48 PM
In order to spread peace and build bridges of communication and coexistence between civilizations, the Honorable Imam Ahmed Al -Tayeb, Sheikh of Al -Azhar, began his external trips, and was the first tour of April of the year 2013 with a visit to the United Arab Emirates, to receive the “Sheikh Zayed Book Award” on the occasion of his choice of cultural year, within the activities of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, and in May he participated in the official opening of the Arab Media Forum, which is one of the most important initiatives in the Arab media sector in the region every year His eminence is the main word of the forum.
The year 2014 witnessed three external visits to his virtue, which was the first for the State of Kuwait, at the invitation of its ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al -Ahmad Al -Jaber Al -Sabah – may God have mercy on him – to discuss ways to enhance the role of Al -Azhar in the Islamic community, and the second in March for the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, to participate in the peace promotion forum in Muslim societies, and the third in June to the Kingdom of Bahrain, to participate in the conference of civilizations and cultures in the service of humanity, in response to the invitation of the King Issa Al Khalifa.
15 years old as Al -Azhar .. Imam Al -Tayeb built bridges of communication and coexistence between civilizations in order to spread peace
The year 2015 witnessed six external visits to His Eminence the Grand Imam. Muslim societies were followed by a visit to the Italian city of Florence, to participate in the opening of the East and West Conference, which was hosted by the Saint IGIIS Association, while the fifth visit was in June to Britain, where his eminence Prince Charles met; To discuss ways to take practical steps to educate young people and new generations of the importance of accepting the other, and tolerance between the owners of different religions, and concluded his virtue in 2015 with a visit to the Hashemite Jordanian queen in October, where His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein met to discuss the Zionist violations against the Al -Aqsa Mosque.
While the year 2016 was the largest year for his external rounds, as he witnessed eleven rounds, in January, his virtue visited the State of Kuwait, to participate in the celebration of the state of “Kuwait, the capital of Islamic culture, during which Prince Sabah Al -Ahmad Al -Sabah, the Emir of the State of Kuwait, followed, followed by a visit to Indonesia in mid -February, where he chaired his virtue during the visit of the seventh session of the Council of Muslim Wise Men, and the third forum of the International League of Al -Azhar graduates.
During the visit, his virtue delivered a global speech from the heart of the University of Indonesia in the capital, Jakarta, and in March visited the German capital Berlin, and delivered a speech from the platform of the German parliament, which was very resonated in the world, and there were discussions open on the air between his eminence and members of the German parliament, and in May he visited his eminence Nigeria, where he met the Nigerian President Muhammad Bukhari, and his deputy Osinbago, in the presidential palace in the capital, Abuja, and discussed ways to confront extremist thought, and in May in the Italian capital, Rome, his eminence Pope Francis met with the papal course; To discuss ways to spread peace and coexistence, In late May, his virtue was on a date to violate the rules of the protocol in France. On the stairs of the Elysee Palace, French President Hollande went down to receive the Sheikh of Al -Azhar, amid great welcome and hospitality.
During the visit, his virtue gave a global speech to European peoples and Muslims around the world; To explain to them the true image of Islam, and with an extreme hospitality at the official and popular levels, his visit to the Chechnya state in August was to participate in the “Sunnis and the Community” conference.
During the visit, he delivered a speech to the Islamic nation from the Bahraini capital, Manama, followed by a visit to Switzerland, to head the third round of the dialogue between the sages of East and West, and in early November he visited his eminence, the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, to head the fourth round of dialogue rounds between East and West, followed by a separate visit again to the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, in December to participate in the “World Summit of Parliamentary Presidents in the Emirates”.
