“On July 3rd, 2006, the Canada Egypt Business Council held it’s monthly dinner at the Conrad Hotel; the theme of the event was ‘The Image of Islam in a Changing World ‘. CEBC we were delighted to welcome to this event keynote speaker His Excellency H.E. Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa the Grand Mufti of Egypt. His Excellency H.E. Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa gave an inspirational and thought provoking speech; his overriding message was one of respect, kindness and tolerance. The topic of the evening was more spiritually based than business based but Sheikh Ali Gommaa highlighted that faith transcends every sphere of life, in order to be creative we need faith, in order to achieve our goals we need faith. During his speech Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa explained that Islam is a religion of tolerance and love, bearing this in mind we need to extend the arm of friendship to people of other religions and promote interfaith dialogue. Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa highlighted how well we in Egypt have achieved this with the understanding and harmony that has existed for many years between Muslims and Coptic’s here in Egypt. It was a well attended, enlightening evening during which our guest of honour Dr. Ali Gomma not only spoke on the topic of Islam but was also gracious enough to take part in a lively and interesting open floor question and answer session. “