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Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “influential islamic scholar in egypt”. Today it says “egyptian islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of egypt from 1986 to 1996 and then as grand imam of al-”.
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Egyptian imam and Islamic scholar (1928–2010) For other people named Tantawi or Tantawy, see Tantawi . Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ( Arabic : محمد سيد طنطاوي ; 28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010), also referred to as Tantawi , was an influential Islamic scholar in Egypt. From 1986 to 1996, he was the Grand Mufti of Egypt. In 1996, president Hosni Mubarak appointed him as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar , a position he retained until his death in 2010.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “influential islamic scholar in egypt”. Today it says “egyptian islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of egypt from 1986 to 1996 and then as grand imam of al-”. Read the current article and compare.
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influential islamic scholar in egypt
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egyptian islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of egypt from 1986 to 1996 and then as grand imam of al-
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