Ahmad Kuftaru
Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaru (* 1915 in Damascus ; † September 1, 2004 ), Arabic ﺃحمد كفتارو, DMG Aḥmad Kuftārū , was a Syrian Grand Mufti and the highest-ranking Sunni religious representative in his country.
Kuftaru was the son of the theologian Muhammad Amin Kuftaru , after whose death he began preaching in 1938 in the Abu Nur Mosque in Damascus. At the age of 31 Kuftaru became a Mufti . In 1958 he became Grand Mufti of the capital and six years later of the whole country. Kuftaru worked for the mutual understanding of different people and called for a general dialogue. He died of a heart condition at the age of 89.
Around a year after Hafiz al-Assad came to power in 1971, Kuftaro received a seat in the Syrian parliament. He described the re-election of the president in 1991 as a national and religious duty and belonged to the state-supporting establishment under Hafiz al-Assad. In 2003 he propagated armed resistance against US forces in Iraq as a religious duty in the sense of jihad .
His son, Salah Al-Din Ahmad Kuftaro, the Director General of Shaykh Ahmad Kuftaro Academy , was one of the signatories of the Amman Message ( Amman Message ).
Web links
- kuftaro.org official website (Arabic)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fouad Ajami: The Syrian Rebellion , 2012, p. 38f, p. 103.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuftaru, Ahmad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian Grand Mufti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damascus |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 2004 |