One of Egypt's top Muslim leaders, the Imam of Al-Azhar mosque, rejected a meeting requested by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in protest against a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Al-Azhar said in a statement Friday.

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb had rejected a request from the United States for Pence to meet him Dec. 20 at Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni institution, saying President Donald Trump must reverse his decision on Jerusalem.