Grand ayatollah writes to sheikh of Al-Azhar over Syria

TEHRAN,June 29(MNA) – Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi has written a letter to Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb about the atrocities being committed by extremists in Syria, reports said on Thursday. In his letter, Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi said that the two-year-old conflict in Syria was not a conflict between Sunnis and Shias, but rather it was a conflict created by outsiders for political purposes. He also said that a “logical solution” should be found to help resolve the situation in Syria. In addition, Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi invited the sheikh of Al-Azhar to visit Iran to hold consultations. According to some estimates, more than 100,000 people have been killed in the civil war in the Arab country.