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The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is the most prominent official religious role in Egypt. [1] [2] Prior to the establishment of the post under the Ottoman Empire, the holder of that position was named Mushrif then later a Nazir. [3] Between 1860 and 1864 a board of scholars served the role as Grand Imam. [4]
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar (Arabic: الإمام الأكبر), also known as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar (Arabic: شيخ الأزهر الشريف), currently Ahmed el-Tayeb, is a prestigious and a prominent official title in Egypt and Islamic world. [1]
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb (Arabic: أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب; born 6 January 1946) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar and the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar, al-Azhar al-Sharif and former president of al-Azhar University. He was appointed by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, following the death of Mohamed Sayed Tantawy in 2010. [1]
Al-Azhar, led by its current Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayeb—who was appointed by President Mubarak and previously affiliated with his loyalist National Democratic Party [14] —has taken a stance against the Brotherhood. [15] The nineteenth and current Grand Mufti of Egypt and Al Azhar scholar, is Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam.
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Under his tenure he witnessed Egypt's 1919 revolution, and the abolition of the Caliphate; The 1924 King Fuad I Edition of the Qur’an was published; [2] and the Supreme Council of al-Azhar sentenced Ali Abdel Raziq to exclusion from the Ulama. [3] Abdel Raziq's brother would later become Grand Imam. Al-Jizawi was born in El-Warraq, Giza ...
Hassan Mamoun (Arabic: حسن مأمون) (13 June 1894 – 19 May 1973) was the Grand Imam of al-Azhar or Shaykh al-Azhar between 1964 and 1969 and before that the Grand Mufti of Egypt between 1955 and 1960. [1]
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