Away from political motives and via secret ballot, members of Al-Azhar’s Senior Scholars Authority (ASSA) on Monday chose Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim as Egypt’s new grand mufti.
Attia Al-Sayed Fayyad, a professor of comparative jurisprudence and Farahat Abdel-Aati Saad, a professor of jurisprudence, both at Al-Azhar’s School of Sharia in Cairo, came second and third, respectively.
The ASSA is a 40-member committee that includes senior Al-Azhar scholars. It acts as an advisory body to Al-Azhar’s grand sheikh in religious matters.
Abdel-Karim, the country’s 19th mufti, is expected to take over the post immediately after the president endorses the ASSA decree.
Abdel-Karim, 55, was born in the Nile Delta governorate of Beheira. He received his PhD in 1996 from Al-Azhar University’s Faculty of Sharia and Law. He does not seem to have any political affiliations.
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