Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
The fatwas of the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, have always created controversy. In an interview with al-‘Arabī, Dr. Tantāwī hints that he has not read all the presidential candidates’ electoral programs - yet declares the Azhar’s full support of President Mubārak.
Date of source: Sunday, July 10, 2005
I do not doubt for a single moment that Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has been abreast in detail of the instructions given to the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, from the presidency about from the campaign of support for the president in Egyptian mosques, which,...