Born in 1946, Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed El Tayeb, was appointed in 2003 as head of Al Azhar University — the Arab world’s most famous seat of learning – by former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak. It ...
His principal purpose is to take part in an interfaith dialogue with Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, who heads el-Azhar, the ancient center of Sunni Muslim learning. Begun 20 years ago, this dialogue ...