The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/grand-mufti-of-egypt/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:10:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Grand Mufti of Egypt | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/grand-mufti-of-egypt/ 32 32 Egypt sentences 10 members of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-sentences-10-members-of-outlawed-muslim-brotherhood-to-death/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 17:38:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2693097 Group accused of multiple incidents of violence against Egyptian police in 2015; organization was blacklisted in 2013, following rise of general-turned-president Sissi

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]]> Egypt court sentences 7 to death over links to Islamic State https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-court-sentences-7-to-death-over-links-to-islamic-state/ Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:58:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1694779 Defendants convicted of participating in the beheading of 21 Coptic Christian workers in Libya in 2015

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]]> Senior Egypt pro-government cleric escapes assassination https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-egypt-pro-government-cleric-escapes-assassination/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:49:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1440685 Former grand mufti and Muslim scholar Ali Gomaa survives shooting in Cairo suburb in third unsuccessful attempt on his life

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]]> Egyptian grand mufti bashes nude dance show in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-grand-mufti-bashes-nude-dance-show-in-jerusalem/ Sat, 28 May 2016 14:24:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1400063 Top religious authority says Austrian-choreographed performance during Israel Festival 'contributes to spread of terror, extremism'

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]]> Egypt sentences 11 to death over soccer riot https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-sentences-11-to-death-over-soccer-riot/ Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:27:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1169353 Judge calls for capital punishment for those responsible for a 2012 brawl that left 74 dead

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]]> Egypt’s top cleric condemns Islamic State https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-top-cleric-condemns-islamic-state/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1047647 Grand Mufti Shawki Allam says 'bloody extremist group' has tarnished the image of Islam, calls for unity against it

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]]> Egypt’s chooses new grand mufti https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-chooses-new-grand-mufti/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:42:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=371040 Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim is elected by secret ballot; previously, top Islamic jurist was named by president

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]]> Egypt’s grand mufti affirms death sentences for filmmakers https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-grand-mufti-affirms-death-sentences-for-filmmakers/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:43:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=358282 Verdict handed down in absentia for Copts living in the United States who produced the anti-Islam film 'Innocence of Muslims'

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]]> Egypt’s grand mufti visits Al-Aqsa mosque https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-grand-mufti-visits-jerusalem/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:00:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=73402 Ali Gomaa inaugurates Islamic research center in Jerusalem, despite opposition to traveling to Jewish state

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