Cairo: According to a famous Egyptian religious figure, one of the main reasons for war and violence in the world is the decline in religious values. During a recent meeting with Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyib, commented, "The wars we see today are mainly due to deviation from religious morality, the spread of atheism and disbelief in God," al - said Taiyab.

He was in Tawadros to send holiday and New Year greetings with a delegation of senior scholars from Egypt's largest religious institution and Islamic scientific body.

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To promote international security and stability, he stressed the need for Muslims and Christians in Egypt and around the world to grow closer to God in times of crisis.

"Selfishness, arrogance, and the tyranny of power and money, as well as distance from values and morals, and alienation from identity," he said, were some of the causes of the world's problems.

Tayyyab's al-Mulaqaat, according to Tawadros, was marked by "warmth, love and good feelings" and Tawadros claimed that such encounters "convey a message of reassurance to all, as they unite Christians and Muslims". Show the strength of the relationship. Praying to God to preserve our country, Egypt, and to continue to bless us with safety and security."

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Tayyeb's greetings to Pope Francis, Tawadros, British Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, Archbishop Bartholomew I of Constantinople and other global church leaders are evidence that al-Azhar al-Sharif encouraged people to send Christmas messages of goodwill. Have done Christian community around the world.

"These greetings make a clarion call to raise the voice of brotherhood and peace for security and stability everywhere," the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism said in a statement.

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At the papal headquarters in Cairo, Tawadros also welcomed delegations accompanied by Egyptian Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik and Finance Minister Mohamed Mat.

In front of dignitaries, he presided over Friday evening's Christmas mass at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the new administrative capital of Cairo.