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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sub-zero: [QB] Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi (Arabic: محمد سيد طنطاوى‎) (born 28 October 1928) is the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University. He has been described by Professor Juan Cole as "perhaps the foremost Sunni Arab authority", and "acknowledged as the highest spiritual authority for nearly a billion Sunni Muslims", and "a supreme authority." Tantawi had issued controversial fatwas, among which are: Islamic veil controversy in France During the controversy of the French headscarf ban in schools, he issued a Fatwa allowing Muslim Girls to take off their Hijabs while attending school, using the lesser of two evils principle. Abortion He has issued a fatwa which allowed abortion in cases where a woman had become pregnant through rape, though this created controversy and Mufti Ali Gomaa said Tantawy was wrong, and that irrespective of how the life was created, after 120 days an abortion becomes haram, forbidden. Female circumcision Tantawy opposes female circumcision calling it unIslamic, especially in 1997 when he said "The Ulema (theologians) of Islam are unanimous in agreeing that female circumcision has nothing to do with religion" and revealed his own daughter had not been circumcised. Suicide bombings Tantawy has taken a line against suicide bombings, and unlike his compatriot Yusuf al-Qaradawi, he has condemned the use of suicide bombings against Israelis, rejecting the argument that all Israelis were legitimate targets because at some stage they would all carry a gun. In 2003 he called suicide bombers "enemies of Islam", adding "people of different beliefs should co-operate and not get into senseless conflicts and animosity. Extremism is the enemy of Islam. Whereas, jihad is allowed in Islam to defend one's land, to help the oppressed. The difference between jihad in Islam and extremism is like the earth and the sky" Reaction to 9/11 Speaking after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Tantawy said "It's not courage in any way to kill an innocent person, or to kill thousands of people, including men and women and children." He said that Osama bin Laden's call for a Jihad against the west was "invalid and not binding on Muslims", adding "Killing innocent civilians is a horrific, hideous act that no religion can approve". He said the Qur'an "specifically forbids the kinds of things the Taliban and al-Qaida are guilty of" He also issued a fatwa denying that the interest given by banks are considered as Ribbah. Now, was he wrong, right, kafir, faseq, or enlightened? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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