Ali Gomaa
Ali Gomaa (Arabic: علي جمعة, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈʕæli ˈɡomʕæ]) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, jurist, and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory. He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a Sufi.
Dr. Sheikh Ali Gomaa | |
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| علي جمعة | |
Gomaa in 2004 | |
| Grand Mufti of Egypt | |
| In office 28 September 2003 – 11 February 2013 | |
| President | Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (Acting (law)) Mohamed Morsi |
| Preceded by | Ahmed el-Tayeb |
| Succeeded by | Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1952 Beni Suef, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University (B.A.) (M.A.) (P.H.D.) Ain Shams University (B.Com.) University of Liverpool (H.D.) |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
| Website | draligomaa |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Movement | Neo-Traditionalism Modernism |
He served as the eighteenth Grand Mufti of Egypt (2003–2013) through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmed el-Tayeb. He has, in the past, been considered a respected Islamic jurist, according to a 2008 U.S. News & World Report report and The National, and "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," according to The New Yorker. However, in recent years Western academic observers have described him as a supporter of authoritarian forms of government.
He was succeeded as Grand Mufti by Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam in February 2013.