AZHAR CONDEMNS ATTACKS AGAINST US     KUN0116 4 GEN 0160 KUWAIT /KUNA-TRZ8   POL-US-ATTACKS-AZHAR   AZHAR CONDEMNS ATTACKS AGAINST US     CAIRO, SEPT 12 (KUNA) -- AL-AZHAR ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AND A NUMBER OF MUSLIM   SCHOLARS CONDEMNED ON WEDNESDAY THE SUICIDAL ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES   WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH AND INJURY OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS.   IN A STATEMENT, THE SHEIKH OF AL-AZHAR, DR. MOHAMMED SAYED TANTAWI, SAID   THAT AZHAR IS AGAINST ALL KINDS OF TERRORISM, ADDING THAT KILLING INNOCENTS IS   A REPULSIVE AND BRUTAL ACT AND IT IS AGAINST ALL RELIGIONS.   AL-AZHAR SCHOLARS AND OTHER MUSLIM SCHOLARS STRESSED THAT ISLAM REFUSES ALL   MODES OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM WHICH TOOK PLACE IN SOME US STATES YESTERDAY   AND RESULTED IN DESTRUCTION SEVERAL LANDMARK BUILDINGS.   RECTOR OF AZHAR UNIVERSITY, DR. AHMED OMAR HASHEM, SAID THAT "ISLAM IS A   RELIGION OF PEACE AND STABILITY AND DOES NOT CALL FOR VIOLENCE OR TERRORISM,"   NOTING THAT THOSE WHO WISH TO DESCRIBE ISLAM WITH THAT ARE "LIARS AND WRONG".   (END)   MHM.KN   KUNA 121847 Sep 01NNNN