Government-Appointed Sheikh of al-Azhar Requests His Own Post be Put to Public Election
Back in March 2010, Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak named Ahmed el-Tayeb the new grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar University and Mosque, taking over from Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, who died of a heart attack after heading Al-Azhar for nearly 14 years.
Back in March 2010, Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak named Ahmed el-Tayeb the new grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar University and Mosque, taking over from Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, who died of a heart attack after heading Al-Azhar for nearly 14 years.













