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15 July, 2016, 16:56
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Egypt's top Sunni Muslim body urges unity to defeat 'terrorism' after Nice attack

AFP
15 July, 2016, 16:56
Update: 15 July, 2016, 17:05
French police guard the Promenade des Anglais seafront in Nice, hours after a truck drove into a crowd watching a Bastille Day fireworks display on 14 July 2016. Photo: AFP

Cairo: Sunni Islam's leading seat of learning Al-Azhar on Friday condemned a deadly truck attack in Nice on France's national holiday, urging unity to ‘rid the world’ of ‘terrorism.’

‘These vile terrorist attacks contradict Islamic teachings,’ the Cairo-based institution said in a statement after Thursday evening's attack, which killed at least 84 people and wounded scores more.

‘Al-Azhar... affirms the necessity of uniting efforts to defeat terrorism and rid the world of its evil.’

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