Eng. Ibrahim AlAraby the chairman of Cairo Chamber of Commerce strongly condemned comments

made by Prime Minister of Turkey- Recep Tayyip Erdogan- regarding his disappointment in Grand Imam

of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb’s favoring “leaders of the coup.”; pointing out that he is  major religious

symbol, and represents the most prestigious Islamic institution in the world and insulting him is

absolutely unacceptable.

He confirmed that Cairo chamber as the largest chamber in Arab and African world refuses such

statements and calling for urgent apologize not only to Grand Imam of Al-Azhar but also to  Egyptian

people as a whole in order to avoid negative impact on all relations between the two countries, and the

most important of which is     the economic.