Let me clarify the Al-Azhar point, That was build during Ubaydi/Farmid rule and they were they Ismaili Sheits and having huge differences on the basis of lineage of Imamat with the 16th century incarnation of Persian ithna ashari shiet during the Safavid's rule. Though Ubaydi/Fatmid ruled Egypt...
This is the million dollar question, can Iran put aside the religion ? in my view that is impossible until the country i ruled by Ayatollahs on Vilatyte Faghih's premise. on the other hand Egypt was ruled by staunch secularist till Morsi came in some 8 months back.
Ongoing democratic process in the Middle East will bring the Islamic leaning people and parties in the government and that will automatically depict the religious fervor in their decision making. The religion based Sunnite governments will not tolerate the Shiet based Iranian propaganda on the...
majorly commercial if things go as planned but defiantly at the right time Gwador port will serve as a Sino/Pak Naval facility ( there are more than one reason to be so). I think in 10-20 years time most of the PN sea fleet will be of Sino or Sino/PAk origin and till that time Gwador will be one...
Before the first brick was placed at the Gwador deep sea port facility in Balochistan, it was already decided by the Pakistan and China that the port will have a naval facility and China will have sharing/Berth right or joint use. Pakistan was keener to start the joint naval base so as China but...
Your quote is best suited to Bharat Verma as it is advisery only, there can be many more "should be" than these 4. But what is achievable in given time and in prevailing circumstances is of more importance.
Because of 1979 revolution that ousted Shah and Egypt gave Asylum to Shah Reza Pahlavi....
The have a look on below thread...
http://www.defence.pk/forums/arab-defence/233551-iran-egypt-rapprochement-impossible-amid-shia-sunni-dichotomy.html
Another perspective for your kind deliberation: Iran-Egypt rapprochement impossible amid shia-sunni-dichotomy
http://www.defence.pk/forums/arab-defence/233551-http://www.defence.pk/forums/arab-defence/233551-iran-egypt-rapprochement-impossible-amid-shia-sunni-dichotomy.html.html
Yes the was thrown by an Syrian refugee on Ahmadinejad, I searched Ahmadinejad news coverage on Press TV, no mention of show throwing and also no news on Grand Imam of Al-Azhar's scorn. for complete coverage better to o Al Ahram site.
Under normal circumstances, closer relations between Tehran and Cairo would be beneficial for both countries as well as for the Muslim peoples of the Middle East.
At the popular level, most Arabs had welcomed the Khomeini revolution. Speaking for myself, I remember that while studying at...
By Holly Dagres
On Tuesday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be the first Iranian president in decades to visit Egypt in order to attend a summit on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo. This has sparked the usual outrage amongst groups like the ultra-conservative Salafists...