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The title of the Grand Imam of al-Azhar was officially established in 1961. In the 14th century the head of al-Azhar was granted the title of Mushrif of al-Azhar, then later Nazir of Al-Azhar [3] and, during the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar. Today the bearer of the title also carries the title of the Grand Sheikh.
The post of Grand Imam of al-Azhar, or shaykh of al-Azhar, has been filled by a member of the ulema, the religious scholars, of Egypt. The position of Grand Imam is among the most prominent roles in Islam and is often considered to be the highest authority in Islamic jurisprudence. The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is the most prominent official ...
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]
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the 1,000-year-old seat of Sunni learning in Cairo, said in a virtual briefing that human fraternity was the key to global peace, a point he and ...
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is a prestigious and a prominent official title in Egypt. [5] He is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority in Sunni Islamic thought and Islamic jurisprudence [6] and holds great influence on followers of the theological Ash'ari and Maturidi traditions worldwide.
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 ...
Pages in category "Grand Imams of al-Azhar" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Ahmed el-Tayeb This page was last ...
The Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, also known as the Abu Dhabi declaration [1] or Abu Dhabi agreement, [2] is a joint statement signed by Pope Francis of the Catholic Church and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, on 4 February 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The document was born of a ...