The Grand Mufti of Australia, His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Salim Alwan responds to the invitation of Al-Azhar Asharif of Egypt to a Summit of Global Muftis. On Wednesday 4th of August 2021, the delegate of Al-Azhar of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Al-Dhawini, receives the Grand Mufti of Australia and confirms: We are keen to have an extension with every intellectual and intermediate approach, to convey the correct message of Islam, pointing out that al-Azhar received this year 533 students from the Muslim community in Australia at different stages of education, from kindergarten to graduate studies, and this number shows the keenness and great confidence of the Muslim community in Australia to receive religious sciences and the Azhari curriculum. For his part, Dr. Salim Alwan Al Husseini said: Our fear for our children and future generations of the Australian Muslim community has kept us adhering to the approach of Al-Azhari, which is the approach of moderation and calls for peace, love and nation-building, adding that Al-Azhar works to protect the children of Muslims from extremism, and protects them from extremism and deviation, thanks to his enlightened centrist approach, and this is the secret of its survival for more than a thousand years. Dr. Sheikh Salim Alwan stressed that Europe needs the thought and approach of Al-Azhar, to consolidate peaceful coexistence.
