The “Abu Dhabi Declaration” that the Pope and El-Tayyeb signed states: “Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action.”
But El-Tayyeb didn’t really mean it. Now, what a surprise! Who saw that coming!
In reality, anyone who knows that Islamic law mandates death for blasphemy could have and should have seen it coming. But that excludes the willfully blind.
“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
“Al-Azhar will internationally sue those insulting Prophet, grand imam tells French FM,” Ahram Online, November 8, 2020:
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, Ahmed El-Tayyeb expressed categorical rejection of the act of insulting Prophet Muhammad and vowed to sue perpetrators at international courts, Al-Azhar said in a statement.
His remarks came in a Sunday meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is visiting Egypt to help de-escalate tensions that followed France’s President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam.
Macron defended the right to draw cartoons on Prophet Muhammad, saying that France would not renounce the cartoons. Also, several campaigns were launched in the Islamic world, mainly on social media, calling for the boycott of French products as a response.
If you consider insulting our prophet -peace be upon him- freedom of speech, we categorically reject it, the statement read.
“I am the first to protest freedom of speech when this freedom offends any religion, not only Islam,” the grand imam said….