CAIRO (Reuters) - Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in Afghanistan and were planning to open an education centre for girls, hope their tolerant message of Islam will survive the return of the Taliban. The 23-person mission was repatriated to Egypt after being briefly stranded in Kabul when the Taliban swept into the Afghan capital last month. Abuzeid expressed hope that the Taliban would fulfil a promise to let girls and women study. "Al-Azhar's legacy is a legacy that is passed down from generation to generation, it is not just transient information but a way of thinking," he said. "If there is stability and the Taliban retreats from its ideas and the state returns to stability by popular will, then Al-Azhar does not object to its mission returning again."

Source: The Star September 22, 2021 15:45 UTC