Dr. Ahmad el-Tayeb Sheikh of Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University <br />- a former Grand Mufti of Egypt & current head [2010 -] of Al Azhar University - <br />in an interview speaking of <br /> <br />- The Menace of Salafi Takfiri culture [2013] <br /> <br />“If we let these futile thoughts become dominant in our minds, then, we will not be Arab with Arabic culture and Muslim with Muslim culture, anymore.” <br /> <br />“We need to unite Muslims in Islamic countries; unity of Muslim nations is what we <br />need, without it, no one can be proud of being Muslim,” he added. <br /> <br />Jamīʿat al-Azhar - Cairo, Egypt - Founded by the Fāṭimids in 970 ce. <br />With as many as 90,000 students studying there at any one time, Al-Azhar <br />University is arguably one of the chief centres Islamic learning and the greatest <br />and the most influential in the Sunni Islamic world. The basic program of studies was—and still is—Islamic law, theology, & the Arabic language. Faculties such as those of medicine and engineering have been added. <br /> <br />Hast-o-Neest <br />Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts <br />2015
