“Visit to Al-Hakim mosque, Heliopolis war memorial” Exclusive details of PM Modi’s trip to Egypt

Jun 23, 2023

Cairo (Egypt), June 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to embark on a two-day visit to Egypt beginning on June 24, upon the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi. During the visit to Egypt, PM Modi will visit the 11th-century Al-Hakim Mosque. The Prime Minister will spend nearly half an hour at the Al-Hakim Mosque-- a historic and prominent mosque in Cairo named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985-1021), the 16th Fatimid caliph. The mosque of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah is an important cultural site for the Dawoodi Bohra community in Cairo. PM Modi’s visit will be significant in terms of extending his long-standing warm relationship with the Dawoodi Bohra community in India and elsewhere PM Modi during his first Egypt tour will also visit Heliopolis War Grave cemetery to pay tribute to the Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice fighting for Egypt during the First World War.