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| Egypt's former mufti Ali Gomaa survives assassination attempt in Cairo |
| 2016-08-06 |
| [AlAhram] Former grand mufti was shot at at a mosque in 6 October but escaped unharmed. Egypt's former leading Moslem holy man, Ali Gomaa, has escaped unharmed from an apparent liquidation attempt in Cairo, he told state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? on Friday afternoon. Gomaa told the television channel that four men had shot at him while he was approaching a mosque in 6 October city on the outskirts of Cairo on Friday afternoon, where he was scheduled to lead Friday prayers. The four gunnies were hiding in a garden and opened fire on the holy man while he was about to enter the mosque. "I took shelter behind the mosque's wall," he said. The interior ministry said in a statement that the force guarding the Moslem holy man exchanged fire with the assailants, who subsequently expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. Gomaa said later on Friday that the attack came in response to the army's killing on Thursday of the chief of the Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis. Gomaa served as the country's grand mufti, the authority responsible for giving Islamic edicts, for almost a decade until 2013. Gomaa is known for his controversial Islamic edicts, which he has continued to issue after leaving office through a TV show, on air several times a week, during which he answers religious questions. He has said that obeying President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is part of obediance to the Prophet Muhammed. Gomaa, an outspoken critic of the Islamist opposition, has also suggested that the now-banned Moslem Brüderbund group are non-Moslems and said the country's police and army should carry arms against them. |
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