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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 ...
The Al-Azhar University (/ ˈɑːzhɑːr / AHZ-har; Egyptian Arabic: جامعة الأزهر (الشريف), IPA: [ˈɡæmʕet elˈʔɑzhɑɾ eʃʃæˈɾiːf], lit. 'University of (the honorable) Al-Azhar') is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Associated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting ...
Al-Azhar University. Paris-Sorbonne University. 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 ...
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] He is considered by most Muslims to be the highest authority in Sunni Islamic thought and ...
Faculty of Mass Communication, Al-Azhar University Cairo (girls) ) Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Al-Azhar University. Faculty of the Holy Quran for Readings and their Sciences, Al-Azhar University, Tanta (boys) Faculty of Graduate Studies, Al-Azhar University.
Al-Azhar University. Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (Arabic: محمد سيد طنطاوي ; 28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010), also referred to as Tantawi, was an influential Islamic scholar in Egypt. From 1986 to 1996, he was the Grand Mufti of Egypt. In 1996, president Hosni Mubarak appointed him as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, a position he ...
Scholar. professor. Timothy John Winter (born 15 May 1960), also known as Abdal Hakim Murad, is an English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar [5][6] who is a proponent of Islamic neo-traditionalism. His work includes publications on Islamic theology, modernity, and Anglo-Muslim relations, [7][8] and he has translated several Islamic texts.
Ibrahim al-Bajuri. Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Šāfiʿī al-Bājūrī (Arabic: إبراهيم بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي الباجوري) (1784-1860) was an Egyptian- Ottoman scholar, theologian and a dean of the al-Azhar University. A follower of Imam Al-Shafiʽi, he authored over 20 works and commentaries in ...