Dr. Ahmad el-Tayeb Sheikh of Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University
- a former Grand Mufti of Egypt & current head [2010 -] of Al Azhar University -
in an interview speaking of
- The Menace of Salafi Takfiri culture [2013]
“If we let these futile thoughts become dominant in our minds, then, we will not be Arab with Arabic culture and Muslim with Muslim culture, anymore.”
“We need to unite Muslims in Islamic countries; unity of Muslim nations is what we
need, without it, no one can be proud of being Muslim,” he added.
Jamīʿat al-Azhar - Cairo, Egypt - Founded by the Fāṭimids in 970 ce.
With as many as 90,000 students studying there at any one time, Al-Azhar
University is arguably one of the chief centres Islamic learning and the greatest
and the most influential in the Sunni Islamic world. The basic program of studies was—and still is—Islamic law, theology, & the Arabic language. Faculties such as those of medicine and engineering have been added.
Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
2015
- a former Grand Mufti of Egypt & current head [2010 -] of Al Azhar University -
in an interview speaking of
- The Menace of Salafi Takfiri culture [2013]
“If we let these futile thoughts become dominant in our minds, then, we will not be Arab with Arabic culture and Muslim with Muslim culture, anymore.”
“We need to unite Muslims in Islamic countries; unity of Muslim nations is what we
need, without it, no one can be proud of being Muslim,” he added.
Jamīʿat al-Azhar - Cairo, Egypt - Founded by the Fāṭimids in 970 ce.
With as many as 90,000 students studying there at any one time, Al-Azhar
University is arguably one of the chief centres Islamic learning and the greatest
and the most influential in the Sunni Islamic world. The basic program of studies was—and still is—Islamic law, theology, & the Arabic language. Faculties such as those of medicine and engineering have been added.
Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
2015
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