Ahmed el-Tayeb

Mohammad Ahmad al - Tayyeb (Arabic: أحمد محمد الطيب, DMG Aḥmad Muḥammad aṭ - Taiyib; born January 6, 1946 in Luxor, Egypt) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar. He was appointed as successor to the late Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, the Sheikh al -Azhar on 19 March 2010. As such, he is also the imam of the al -Azhar mosque and is considered an important religious authority of Sunni Islam. In the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the grand sheikh has his office automatically the protocol-related rank of Prime Minister and can only be dismissed by the President of the Republic, as rector of al -Azhar University had al - Tayyeb previously held the rank of minister. The Grand Sheikh of al -Azhar is always appointed for life.

Life

Al- Tayyeb was previously Rector (President ) of the al -Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt from 2003 until 10 April 2010. As Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, he served on 10 March 2002 to 27 September 2003, as Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the International Islamic University Islamabad in Pakistan from 1999 to 2000, as Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies Aswan from 15 November 1995 until 3 October 1999, as Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies of Qena from 27 October 1990-31 August 1991., as well as a professor of philosophy and theology at al- Azhar University from 6 January 1988 until today.

Al- Tayyeb was marked by several important scientific work in Islam, including through a comment on the capital of theology in " refining the words" al - Taftazani in 1997. He was also a visiting professor at the Sorbonne, Paris, and the University Fribourg, Switzerland (1989) and has transferred some scholarly works from French into Arabic, including the introduction of Al- Mu'jam AI Mufahras li Alfaz AlL - Hadith Al- Nabawi ( " cataloged glossary of terms from the Hadith of the Prophet " ), published in the journal of the Research Center of Sirra and Sunnah, Qatar University in Doha in 1998, Le Sceau des Saints dans la doctrine d' Ibn Arabi ( " the Seal of the Saints " ), the Arabic title Al- Wilaya wa Al- Nubua Inda Al Sheikh Mohy El -Din Ibn Arabi received. Particularly well known is the history and classification of the works of Ibn Arabi ( Volume 2 ) by Othmau Yahia from French into Arabic under the title Malafat Ibn Arabi: Tarikuha wa Tasnifuha ( "The works of Ibn Arabi: History and Classification " ).

Mohammad Ahmad al - Tayyeb is a member of the Egyptian Society for Philosophy, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, in the Islamic researchers meeting in Vertrauensrat of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union and President of the Religious Committee of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union.

Miscellaneous

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You (English A Common Word Between Us and You), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... " ) submitted (13 October 2007).