Ekrima Sa'id Sabri

Sheikh Ekrima Sa'id Sabri (Arabic: عكرمة سعيد صبري‎) was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine from October 1994 to July 1, 2006. He was appointed by Yasser Arafat. He has a doctorate from Al Azhar University in Egypt on the “Islamic Endowment Between Theory and Practice”.[1]

On February 20, 2005, he appeared on Al-Majd Saudi Arabian satellite TV to comment on the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister. Sabri stated, "Anyone who studies The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and specifically the Talmud will discover that one of the goals of these Protocols is to cause confusion in the world and to undermine security throughout the world."[2]

On July 1, 2006 the Jerusalem Post reported that Ekrima Sa'id Sabri had been fired from his post the previous week by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. He has been denied entry into the Netherlands in 2007 and 2008.[3] Ekrima Sa'id Sabri still is a frequent preacher in Al Aqsa Mosque.

See also

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Notes and references

  1. ^ Israel Abducts, Then Releases, Top Palestinian Muslim Official, Ekrima Sabri By Mustafa Al Sawaf, Islamonline October 15, 2002
  2. ^ Article, The Times Online, March 2, 2005
  3. ^ Muslim cleric still not welcome here Radio Netherlands / Expatica 21 April 2008

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1 From 1914–1918, the Ottoman Empire claimed As'ad Shukeiri as Qadi (Mufti).