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The Grand Imam of al-Azhar (Arabic: الإمام الأكبر), also known as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar (Arabic: شيخ الأزهر الشريف), is a prestigious and a prominent official title in Egypt and the Islamic world. [1] Ahmed el-Tayeb assumed the role 10 March 2010.
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]
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]
The Al-Azhar institution in its current form was reorganized according to Law No. 10 of 1911, amended by Law No. 32 and 33 of 1923, and then Law No. 103 of 1961, [3] which stipulated that Al-Azhar is the major Islamic scientific body based on the preservation and study of Islamic heritage, and it has an independent moral personality, headed by it.
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar; In office 27 March 1996 – 10 March 2010: Preceded by: Gad el-Haq Ali Gad el-Haq: Succeeded by: Mohamed Ahmed el-Tayeb: Grand Mufti of Egypt; In office 28 October 1986 – 27 March 1996: Preceded by: Abd al-Latif Abd al-Ghani Hamzah: Succeeded by: Nasr Farid Wasil: Personal details; Born 28 October 1928 Sohag, Egypt: Died
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Finding a job as a clerk in the Mufti's office, he was promoted to the post of amin al-fatwa. In 1954 he became a judge. Nasser appointed him to the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in 1960. [1] In 1978 Anwar Sadat appointed him as Grand Mufti of Egypt. In 1982 he became Minister of Religious Affairs, and then Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.
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 ...