Talaat Afifi
Talaat Afifi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) | |
| In office 2 August 2012 – 16 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hisham Qandil |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Abdel Fadil |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Website | Official website |
Talaat Mohamed Afifi Salem is the Egypt's former minister of religious endowments (Awqaf) and was part of the Qandil cabinet.[1] He is also a professor at Al Azhar University and a member of a Salafi charitable organization.[2]
Career and views
Afifi was the dean of the faculty of preaching at Al Azhar University.[3] He also served the deputy head of the Islamic Legal Body for Rights and Reform, comprising more than a hundred of Egypt's leading Islamist scholars and activists.[4]
He was appointed minister of religious endowments (Awqaf) on 2 August 2012, replacing Mohamed Abdel Fadil.[5][6] He was one of the independent members in the cabinet.[5] However, Omar Ashour from the Brooklyn Institute states that Afifi was one of the Muslim Brotherhood's allies in the cabinet.[4] Afifi's term ended on 16 July 2013.[7]
Views
In an interview aired on Sada Al Balad TV on 14 March 2013, Afifi stated (as translated by MEMRI): "We hope that the words of the Prophet Muhammad will be fulfilled: 'Judgment Day will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Jews will hide behind the rocks and the trees, but the rocks and the trees will say: O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him – except for the gharqad tree, which is one of the trees of the Jews.' We fully believe that the future of this land lies with Islam and the Muslims."[8]
References
- ^ "Directory of Ministries". Egypt Government. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ Tom Perry; Tamim Elyan (2 August 2012). "Echoes of past in new Egypt government". Reuters. Cairo. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ El Sayed, Mohamed (5–11 July 2007). "Girl's death leads to ban". Al Ahram Weekly. 852. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ a b Ashour, Omar (7 August 2012). "Egypt's New Old Government". Brooklyn. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Egypt's New Cabinet Under Qandil". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "El Ganzouri's ministerial reshuffle fails to appease protesters' anger". Ahram Online. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments Ali Afifi Cites Antisemitic Hadith: The Muslims Will Kill the Jews on Judgment Day, MEMRI, Clip No. 3786 (transcript), 14 March 2013. (Video clip available here)