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Death of Imam Tantawi, the highest authority in Sunni Islam

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ennahar 10 March, 2010 04:30:00
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CAIRO - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, grand imam of Al-Azhar (Egypt), the highest authority in Sunni Islam, died Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack, said the official news agency MENA.

  •    Sheikh Tantawi "died Wednesday in the Saudi capital Riyadh after a sudden heart attack" while he was at the international airport of the city to return to Cairo, the agency said.
       He was immediately transfered to a hospital, the source said.

  • Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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el mastapha elyaouti on 14 March, 2010 07:28:53
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alfakid rahimaho allah wa barac allah fie osrateh wa jamia almuslemin wa asalamo ulikom
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