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New Grand Mufti Shawky Ibrahim is a Sufi known for having no political affiliations.
Mufti says reconciliation needed to face challenges
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
  The Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim said there should comprehensive national reconciliation among Egyptians to face...
New Grand Mufti Shawky Ibrahim is a Sufi known for having no political affiliations.
Judicial source: Mufti has yet to approve sentences in Port Said case
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Mar 2013
The grand mufti did not hand over to the court’s envoys his reply to the death sentence issued against 21...
Update: Shawky Ibrahim named Egypt’s new grand mufti
Egypt Independent 11 Feb 2013
Shawky Ibrahim has been selected as Egypt’s new mufti, succeeding Ali Gomaa, who has occupied the post since 2003...
Hundreds of members of Muslim Brotherhood protesting in front of High Court of Justice, Cairo, 22 November 2012, to support the presidential decisions and constitutional declaration issued by President Mohamed Morsy Thursday evening.
Muslim Brotherhood nominates senior leader for grand mufti post
Reuters 10 Feb 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood has nominated one of its senior leaders for the influential position of grand mufti, the nation...
Egyptian church representatives pay a visit to Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb and Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa ahead of Eid al-Adha
Azhar source: New mufti will not have any political affiliation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Feb 2013
A source from Al-Azhar's Senior Scholars Authority said that the next mufti who will succeed the current Grand...
Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt
Asharq al-Awsat: Senior Brotherhood member might be next mufti
Egypt Independent 04 Feb 2013
Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau member Abdel Rahman al-Bar is one of the candidates nominated by Al-Azhar's...
Ali Gomaa, Egypt's Grand Mufti, speaking during a joint press conference with Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Education, Cairo, April 26, 2010. Gomaa and Badr presented on proposed collaboration to develop school curricula based on faith and interfaith concepts.
Grand mufti approves death penalty for 'Innocence of Muslims' producers
MENA
Egypt Independent
29 Jan 2013
Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa has approved a death sentence delivered in absentia for seven Coptic Egyptian expats...
Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt
Grand mufti to decide on death sentence in Ismailia mosque murder case
Egypt Independent 10 Nov 2012
  Ismailia Criminal Court on Saturday adjourned its final verdict in the case of a man murdered while praying...
Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt
Court refers 19 convicts to grand mufti for sentencing recommendation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Oct 2012
An Ismailia court referred 19 defendants convicted of murder to Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa Thursday to decide whether they...
Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt
Grand mufti: Morsy should address Copts' fears
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Jun 2012
President-elect Mohamed Morsy should address the fears of his Coptic “brothers” and their problems on the...