Al-Azhar Proposes Lifting Ban on Dialogue with Jews

Islamic scholars at the al-Azhar university in Cairo have drafted a statement lifting a ban on dialogue with Jews, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Nov. 23 statement, drafted by Sheik Fawzi al-Zifzaf of the al-Azhar university, was read at a gathering of religious and political leaders at Parliament in London, the report said.