Latest update: 10/03/2010 

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Egypt's highest Sunni cleric dies of heart attack

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Egypt's top ranked Sunni cleric has died of a heart attack. Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi was the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning.

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AFP - Sunni Islam's top cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, Egyptian officials and state media said.
   
Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning -- was in Riyadh to attend the King Faisal awards ceremony, the official MENA news agency said.
   
Tantawi was boarding a plane early Wednesday morning when he suffered severe pain and fell on the stairs, Egyptian television said.
   
He was rushed to the Amir Sultan hospital in Riyadh where doctors proclaimed him dead.
   
An Egyptian official told AFP that Tantawi had died of a heart attack.
   
His body is likely to be sent back to Cairo on Wednesday evening, the television said.
   

 

Date created : 10/03/2010 
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