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Ahmad Muhammad al-Tayyib

أحمد محمد الطيب

Jakarta

Grand Imam of al-Azhar and chairman of the Council of Muslim Elders. The book records his birth in al-Qurna, Luxor, his 1969 degree from the Faculty of Usul al-Din, his terms as Mufti of Egypt (2002–2003) and rector of al-Azhar University (2003–2010), and his Grand Imamate from 2010; he visited Indonesia in February 2016, his first visit there as Grand Imam.

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Scholar · teacher
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Egypt & Nile · Southeast Asia
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Ahmad al-Tayyib, shaykh of al-Azhar and head of the Muslim Council of Elders. The travel-book records he was born at al-Qurna in Luxor, graduated from the Faculty of Usul al-Din (creed and philosophy) in 1969, served as mufti of Egypt 2002–2003, then president of al-Azhar University 2003–2010, and took the shaykhdom in 2010 succeeding Imam Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi 1. He visited Indonesia in February 2016 — his first visit since taking office 2.

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Jakarta

People and things also explored

Sharif Hidayatullah State Islamic University· Abdul Karim Amrullah· Agus Salim· B. J. Habibie· Deddy Corbuzier· Hamka· Kasman Singodimedjo· Ki Bagus Hadikusumo

Sources

  1. The Grand Imam's Journey to Indonesia , p. 16
  2. The Grand Imam's Journey to Indonesia , p. 34
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Sharif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

State Islamic university in Jakarta, where the Grand Imam gave his address to Muslims in Asia and the world on 23 February 2016; its rector said the curriculum follows Al-Azhar's faculties.