Egypt: Mubarak appointed a new imam at the head of Al-Azhar
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CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed al-Tayeb new imam of Al-Azhar, after the death of the head of this higher education institution in Sunni Islam, reported Friday the official agency Mena.
- President Mubarak, recovering in Germany after surgery, "issued a decree appointing Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed al-Tayeb at the head of Al-Azhar," says Mena.
Mr. Tayeb, president of the University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, since 2003, succeeds Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, who died of a heart attack March 10 in Saudi Arabia.
- Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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