Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi | |
|---|---|
محمد سيد طنطاوي | |
| Grand Imam of Al-Azhar | |
| In office 27 March 1996 – 10 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Gad el-Haq Ali Gad el-Haq |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ahmed el-Tayeb |
| Grand Mufti of Egypt | |
| In office 28 October 1986 – 27 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Latif Abd al-Ghani Hamzah |
| Succeeded by | Nasr Farid Wasil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1928 |
| Died | 10 March 2010 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
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Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi (28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of Egypt from 1986 to 1996 and then as grand imam of al-Azhar from 1996 until his death in 2010.