Shawki Allam

Shawki Allam (born 12 August 1961) is an Egyptian jurist and professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt from 2013 to 11 August 2024.¹² He succeeded Ali Gomaa in the office and was succeeded by Nazir Ayyad.¹

He was born in the village of Zawiyat Abu Shusha in the El Delengat district of Beheira Governorate.² He took his doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from Al-Azhar in 1996, chaired the university's Jurisprudence Department at its Tanta branch, and was seconded to Oman's Institute of Sharia Sciences from 2001 to 2010.¹²

He was chosen as Grand Mufti in February 2013 — the Arabic article dates his taking office to 4 March 2013 — and his tenure, repeatedly extended, ended on 11 August 2024.¹² Since 2025 he has been dean of the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies at Agouza in Cairo and a member of the Egyptian Senate.²³

The sources do not settle a personal school for him. The English article's text, citing an Egypt Independent report of February 2013, states that Allam is a Sufi, while the Arabic infobox gives Maliki fiqh on the strength of a news headline, and Al-Ahram's contemporary description of him as a professor of Maliki fiqh speaks to his teaching post rather than to a personal madhhab.¹² His record therefore leaves his affiliation unclassified, holding both readings on file.

{¹} {²} {³} {⁴}