WAAG UK joins with Al-Azhar University in expressing condolence to the people of South Africa at the passing away of their iconic leader, Nelson Mandela.
The United Kingdom Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates (WAAG UK) joined with the Central Office of WAAG in Cairo and Al-Azhar University in forwarding condolences and sympathy to the government and people of South Africa at the death of the former President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
The global movement of the struggle against racial discrimination has lost a historic and history-making leader who devoted his life to the principles of justices and equality. The biography of Nelson Mandela will remain a curriculum for study of achieving freedom and standing for the principles of justice from which generations will learn and the people of the world will remain impacted by. He leaves behind a milestone legacy of intellectual and humanitarian pursuits and he is a symbol of freedom and equality.
These sentiments were presented by WAAG UK and the Central Office of WAAG from Cairo in a message sent to the President of the South African Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates, Ibrahiem Musa, based at IPSA in Cape Town.
Nelson Mandela’s struggle for freedom and human dignity at a global level led him in 2007 to establish ‘The Elders’ (http://theelders.org/) bringing together independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights and he remained an Honorary Elder of this group until his passing last week. It is to note that in October 2012, a delegation of The Elders led by former American President, Jimmy Carter, visited the Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, in Cairo. A report of that visit can be viewed here: http://www.waag-azhar.org.uk/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-visits-shaykh-al-azhar/).
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