Egypt: ICRC and Al-Azhar University Discuss Common Humanitarian Principles in International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Law

(Cairo – ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s oldest institutions of Islamic learning, held a joint seminar on 12 and 13 October at the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies, women’s branch, in Alexandria, to explore the commonalities between the principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) and Islamic law.