The battle for Al-Azhar By Alaa Bayoumi The controversy surrounding the legacy of Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the head of the Al-Azhar mosque and university who...
Inna lillahi wa inna alehi rajioon. May Allah forgive him for his mistakes. CAIRO (Reuters) – Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt’s most prestigious...
UPDATE #2: Following the release of Shaykh Tantawi’s personal reflection of the incident, in which a much more benign version of the story is stated, where...