French far-right leader meeting with Egyptian religious leader blasted

The irony is rich

June 1, 2015

#EgyptTurmoil

During her visit to Cairo, Front National leader Marine Le Pen pledged her support to Egypt's President Sisi and his fight against 'fundamentalism

Egypt’s highest Sunni religious leader has come under fire after meeting with the leader of France’s far-right Front National.

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, head of al-Azhar mosque and university, held talks last Thursday with Marine Le Pen, a hopeful in France’s 2017 presidential elections who famously compared Islamic prayers in the streets of Paris to the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.

Le Pen’s visit to Cairo was unscheduled, and was not coordinated by the French embassy there.

During the meeting, Tayyeb upbraided Le Pen over her stance towards Islam, Egypt’s state-owned daily al-Ahram reported.

Tayyeb, who has publicly pledged his support to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, reportedly demanded that the far right leader revise her “incorrect” views on Islam and do more to combat Islamophobia, in hopes of stemming the tide of French Muslims leaving to join militant groups.

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