Noted Islamic cleric, Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi, has called on prominent members of the Muslim clergy in Egypt to help protect the churches in the country which has a large Christian population, saying he suspected sinister elements might try to incite communal violence to divert attention from the anti-government demonstrations.
The scholar hinted that he suspected that to deflect attention of the people from anti-government demonstrations the vested interests in Egypt might try to incite communal frenzy. “I, therefore, urge the officials of Al Azhar [the world’s most prominent Islamic religious institution] to come out and march in their religious robes with the message that the churches in Egypt must be protected at all costs,” the scholar said.