Egypt's Azhar says Saudi decision to form Islamic military alliance 'historic'

Egypt’s highest Sunni authority, Al-Azhar, welcomed on Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s decision to form an Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, describing it as “historic.”

In a statement published on its website, Al-Azhar said it has repeatedly called for such a coalition,calling on all Muslim countries to join it to fight terrorism in all its forms.

Al-Azhar expressed its wish that "the coalition would be successful in destroying terrorism, and ridding people of its evils."

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