The Grand Mufti of Egypt to visit AMU on May 2

ALIGARH  : Dr. Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, Grand Mufti of Egypt, will visit the Aligarh Muslim University on May 2, 2023, along with the officials of the embassy of Egypt, New Delhi, and meet the Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Gulrez.

He will also address the university community at the Kennedy auditorium in the afternoon and will visit the historical buildings of the university, including the mausoleum of the University founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Dr. Shawki Allam is the 19th grand mufti of Egypt and his office, Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriyyah is considered the government’s first and primary source of religious authority and is seen as the symbolic religious representative of the government.

Widely known as a moderate scholar of Islamic jurisprudence who renounces fanaticism, Dr Shawki Allam was born in the Nile Delta governorate of Beheira in 1961 and received his Ph.D. in jurisprudence and Sharia law from the Al-Azhar University in 1996.

The Grand Mufti’s visit to AMU is a part of his state visit to India hosted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.