The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, vehemently condemns the performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which blatantly insulted Jesus Christ (PBUH) and the esteemed status of prophethood. This disgraceful act showed a complete lack of respect for the beliefs of religious people and the high moral values they hold dear. The Council unequivocally rejects all attempts to demean religious symbols, beliefs, and sacred figures.

In a statement, the Muslim Council of Elders emphasized that sports events should serve as platforms to celebrate cultural diversity and promote mutual respect among nations. It strongly warned against the dangerous trend of using such events to normalize disrespect for religion and to promote destructive societal behaviors that deviate from natural human values.

The statement also underscored that the Document on Human Fraternity, which was co-signed by His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders and His Holiness Pope Francis, Pontiff of the Catholic Church in Abu Dhabi in 2019, calls on world leaders, policymakers, intellectuals, philosophers, religious figures, artists, media professionals and men and women of culture in every part of the world to confront all forms of cultural and moral degradation. The document also urges them to rediscover the values of peace, justice, goodness, beauty, human fraternity and coexistence in order to confirm the importance of these values as anchors of salvation for all, and to promote them everywhere.