{"id":15454,"date":"2025-04-07T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15454"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:38:53","slug":"al-azhar-under-fire-israel-escalates-media-attacks-on-grand-imam-ahmed-al-tayeb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/07\/al-azhar-under-fire-israel-escalates-media-attacks-on-grand-imam-ahmed-al-tayeb\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Azhar Under Fire: Israel Escalates Media Attacks on Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and its Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, are facing an unprecedented Israeli media attack due to his clear and supportive stance on the Palestinian cause, especially his continuous support for Gaza in the face of Zionist aggression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"487\">The campaign is being led by Israeli occupation media and some pro-Israeli Western platforms, amid calls to pressure the Egyptian authorities to \u201csilence\u201d Al-Azhar&#8217;s voice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"905\">Channel 14, known for its far-right leanings, described Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb as \u201cthe living spirit of hostility toward Israel\u201d in the Islamic world, accusing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/03\/12\/sheikh-of-al-azhars-concern-lack-of-educational-resources-on-the-palestinian-issue\/\">Al-Azhar<\/a> of inciting the Arab and Islamic streets against Tel Aviv and fueling anger in the region. Israeli entities have also accused Al-Tayeb of \u201csupporting terrorism and anti-Semitism\u201d due to his powerful sermons exposing the occupation\u2019s crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\ud83d\udd34\u0628\u0633\u0628\u0628 \u062f\u0648\u0631\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u062b\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0642\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a \u0639\u0644\u0649 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u063a\u0632\u0629<\/a>\u060c \u0648\u062d\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062d\u0631\u0643 \u0636\u062f \u0647\u0645\u062c\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0644\u0627\u0644\u060c \u062d\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u062a\u062d\u0631\u064a\u0636 \u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0645\u0646\u0647\u062c\u0629 \u0636\u062f \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0632\u0647\u0631_\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0641<\/a> \u0648\u0634\u064a\u062e\u0647\u0627 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f_\u0627\u0644\u0637\u064a\u0628<\/a>\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0aXfXLRjkb\">pic.twitter.com\/0aXfXLRjkb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1908489250712007040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"184\"><strong data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"184\">Al-Azhar Faces Escalating Pressure from Israel and the West<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1215\">The Israeli attack has not been limited to Hebrew media, but has extended to efforts to incite the United States against Al-Azhar, claiming that it \u201cincites against the West and supports extremist groups\u201d\u2014a narrative that the occupation has long promoted against anyone who stands with the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1602\">Analyses indicate that the occupation now feels threatened by Ahmed Al-Tayeb\u2019s speeches, which have \u201cshattered the image of a victimized Israel\u201d and exposed the brutality of the occupation to the world. Al-Azhar\u2019s positions\u2014including strongly worded statements condemning Zionist war crimes in Gaza\u2014have begun to influence Arab and Islamic public opinion, and even some Western voices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1949\">This is not the first such attack. Previously, Israel\u2019s ambassador to Cairo, Amira Oron, criticized the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar for praising resistance operations and labeled him \u201canti-Semitic.\u201d Recently, there have been increasing calls from Zionist officials to change Egyptian laws so that the regime can remove the Grand Imam and replace him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"2333\">For its part, Al-Azhar continues to adhere to its firm rhetoric: \u201cThe Zionist enemy has turned into a rabid wolf, maddened by the killing of children and women,\u201d and \u201cthe occupation forces have been stripped of all sense of humanity.\u201d Despite all the pressure, Al-Azhar continues to play its historic role in defending the causes of the Muslim nation\u2014foremost among them, Palestine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and its Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, are facing an unprecedented Israeli media attack due to his clear and supportive stance on the Palestinian cause, especially his continuous support for Gaza in the face of Zionist aggression. 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