Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, strongly denounced on Friday an online video of US soldiers urinating on the corpses of militants in Afghanistan. Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the head of the Cairo-based institution, slammed it as "a hideous act which goes against all humanitarian principles and international laws" in comments to Egypt's official MENA news agency.
"It is a blatant violation of the sanctity of the dead," Tayyeb said. The online video showed four US soldiers urinating on three bloodied corpses, and one of the men, apparently aware he was being filmed, saying: "Have a great day, buddy," referring to one of the dead.
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