The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Ahṃad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken about the status of women in Islam in a Facebook post on his official page. Whilst citing the Holy Qurʾān and the sunnah, Dr. Ṭayyīb expressed that the Prophet Muḥammad insisted on men and women being equal, as well as condemning female infanticide whilst simultaneously advocating for justice for women in the areas of inheritance, education and financial independence. The Grand Imām of al-Azhar used such examples to demonstrate the way in which Islam afforded women the rights which had previously been denied to them.