(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Australia's Muslim community has a new spiritual leader after the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) elected a Melbourne-based scholar as its Grand Mufti.
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, who was born in Egypt, has been appointed to the position after a unanimous vote from imams in Sydney over the weekend.
Council spokesman Sheikh Mohamadu Saleem says imams Australia-wide voted for Dr Mohamed following the resignation of the previous grand mufti, Sheikh Fehmi, due to bad health.
Sheikh Saleem says its an important position.
"[He] is the figurehead, our spiritual head of the Muslims and also he enjoys the respect and the regard from the general Australian community," he said.
Dr Abu Mohamed attained a PhD in Islamic Studies from Al Azhar University in Cairo and has been in Australia for about 20 years.
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Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, who was born in Egypt, has been appointed to the position after a unanimous vote from imams in Sydney over the weekend.
Council spokesman Sheikh Mohamadu Saleem says imams Australia-wide voted for Dr Mohamed following the resignation of the previous grand mufti, Sheikh Fehmi, due to bad health.
Sheikh Saleem says its an important position.
"[He] is the figurehead, our spiritual head of the Muslims and also he enjoys the respect and the regard from the general Australian community," he said.
Dr Abu Mohamed attained a PhD in Islamic Studies from Al Azhar University in Cairo and has been in Australia for about 20 years.
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