Topic: Egypt
Sunni Islam's top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said. Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning -- had been in Riyadh to attend the King Faisal awards ceremony, the official MENA news ...
Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose views often drew criticism from religious conservatives and secular Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81. Tantawi was the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute ...
Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. Farouk Hosny said in a statement that his ministry views Jewish ...
