
Leaders slam ‘contempt’ for Islam amid row over Mohammed cartoons
Religious and political leaders in much of the Muslim world have slammed what they see as insults to Islam in a row about depictions of the prophet Mohammed in France. Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and the influential al-Azhar religious institution on Wednesday condemned the satirical cartoons. “Abusing prophets and messengers is contempt for noble religious […]