Egyptian Fatwa Office

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The Egyptian Fatwa Office ( Arabic دار الإفتاء المصرية Dar al-Ifta al-Misriya , DMG Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣrīya ) is a center for Islamic legal issues ( fatwa ) in Egypt . It was founded in 1895 due to a decree of the last Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pascha . The panel of legal experts ischairedby the Grand Mufti of Egypt . Along with al-Azhar University , it is the most important Islamic institution in Egypt. The Egyptian Grand Mufti Schawki Ibrahim Allam has been in officeas the successor to Ali Gomaa since 2013.

literature

  • Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen: Defining Islam for the Egyptian State: Muftis and Fatwas of the Dār al-Iftā. BRILL, 1997

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ mfa.gov.eg (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Arab Republic of Egypt)

Coordinates: 30 ° 2 ′ 43.5 ″  N , 31 ° 16 ′ 12.2 ″  E