Ali Gomaa

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ali Gomaa ( , Egyptian Arabic : ) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, jurist, and public figure. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory . He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a sufi . He served as the eighteenth Grand Mufti of Egypt (2003–2013) through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmed el-Tayeb . He is one of the internationally most respected Islamic jurists according to a 2008 U.S. News & World Report report and The National and "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," gender equality, and an "object of hatred among Islamists" according to The New Yorker . He gained attention for his active and enthusiastic public support for the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état , and his repeated justification of the killing of civilian protestors by the Egyptian security forces, including following the mass killings during the August 2013 Rabaa massacre . Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities .

Ali Gomaa ( , Egyptian Arabic : ) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, jurist, and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory . He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a Sufi . He served as the eighteenth Grand Mufti of Egypt (2003–2013) through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmed el-Tayeb . He has, in the past, been considered a respected Islamic jurist , according to a 2008 U.S. News & World Report report and The National , and "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," according to The New Yorker . In more recent years, however, he has been characterized by Western scholarly observers as a supporter of "authoritarian" forms of government, and The New York Times notes in 2013 that he encouraged security forces to kill protesters against the Egyptian coup of that year. Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities .

Egyptian imam (born 1952) Ali Gomaa ( , Egyptian Arabic : ) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar , jurist , and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory . He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a Sufi . Gomaa is also a supporter of the 2013 Military Coup . He served as the eighteenth Grand Mufti of Egypt (2003–2013) through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmed el-Tayeb . He has, in the past, been considered a respected Islamic jurist , according to a 2008 U.S. News & World Report report and The National , and "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," according to The New Yorker . In more recent years, however, he has been characterized by Western scholarly observers as a supporter of "authoritarian" forms of government, and The New York Times notes in 2013 that he encouraged security forces to kill protesters against the Egyptian coup of that year. The Dhimmi Narrative: A Comparison between the Historical and the Actual in the Context of Christian-Muslim Relations in Modern Egypt. The New York Times . Osgoode Hall Law Journal . 53 (2): 472– 507. Middle East Monitor . 27 January 2014 . Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities .

Egyptian imam (born 1952) Ali Gomaa ( Arabic : علي جمعة , Egyptian Arabic : [ˈʕæli ˈɡomʕæ] ; born 3 March 1952) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar , jurist , and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory . He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a Sufi . He served as the eighteenth Grand Mufti of Egypt (2003–2013) through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmed el-Tayeb . He has, in the past, been considered a respected Islamic jurist , according to a 2008 U.S. News & World Report report and The National , and "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," according to The New Yorker . However, in recent years Western academic observers have described him as a supporter of authoritarian forms of government. The Dhimmi Narrative: A Comparison between the Historical and the Actual in the Context of Christian-Muslim Relations in Modern Egypt. The New York Times . Osgoode Hall Law Journal . 53 (2): 472– 507. Middle East Monitor . 27 January 2014 . Urban Terrorism: Myths and Realities .