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Top Sunni Cleric: Situation in Syria Has Gone Too Far
(Ynet News) Roee Nahmias - Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the chancellor of Al-Azhar University of Islamic Sciences in Cairo, Sunni Islam's top center of religious learning, said in a statement Monday: "Al-Azhar was patient for a long time and avoided talking about the situation in Syria because of its sensitive nature...but the situation has gone too far and there is no other solution but to put an end to this Arab and Islamic tragedy." Al-Azhar "asks Syrian leaders to work immediately to end the bloodshed and to respond favorably to the legitimate demands of the Syrian masses."