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.