Wednesday, March 10, 2010

AL-FATIHAH - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Tantawi dies


Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, pictured in 2008, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning -- died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack, the official MENA news agency reported.

AFP - Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning -- died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack, the official MENA news agency reported.

Tantawi, 81, was in Riyadh to attend the King Faisal awards ceremony, it said.

He died in the Saudi Arabian capital "after a sudden heart attack," MENA said.



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