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Leading Sunni cleric Tantawi dies in Saudi Arabia

Published: 03.10.10, 10:55 / Israel News

Leading Sunni cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi died in Riyadh Wednesday.

 

Egyptian TV reported that Tantawi, who was the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque suffered a heart attack which caused his death. Tantawi was known to harshly condemn the Muslim practice of circumcising women and led a ban on the custom in Egypt. (Roee Nahmias)

 

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