Vatican, Al Azhar meet to discuss fighting extremism: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council For Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican, arrives today on a two-day visit to Al Azhar, according to Vatican Radio. Tauran is set to participate in an Al-Azhar symposium on terrorism and extremism, Al Masry Al Youm reports. On a related note, Al Azhar plans to issue a document detailing women's rights “as granted by the Holy Quran and the prophet’s teaching” to dispel incorrect Fatwas that have become entrenched in the Egyptian psyche, Egypt Independent reports.

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