Ali Gomaa

Ali Gomaa was an Egyptian writer, mufti, legal scholar and editor (born 1952). He was born at Beni Suef.

Ali Gomaa in brief

Born
1952
Known for
writer, mufti, legal scholar and editor
Place of birth
Beni Suef
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Formation and teaching

Ali Gomaa studied at Al-Azhar University and Ain Shams University. He trained under 'Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari, Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki, Muhammad Zaki al-Din Ibrahim and Gad al-Haq.

As a teacher, Ali Gomaa is recorded in connection with Usama al-Sayyid Al-Azhari, Magdy Ashour‎ and Emad Effat. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

His work is associated with Shadhili.

He was employed by Al-Azhar University. Recorded position is Grand Mufti of Egypt.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 5: 'Aqidat Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'a, Al-Bayan lima Yashghalu al-Adhhan, Al-Mutashaddidūn, Al-Tariq ila al-Turath al-Islami and Al-Nibras fi Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ali Gomaa, Islam and the Arab Revolutions, 2022. Ali Gomaa, Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, and Ali al-Jifri, Islam and the Arab Revolutions, 2022. Ali Gomaa and the Counter-Revolutionary Massacres, Islam and the Arab Revolutions, 2022. Poétique du roman chez Andrée Chedid: Analyse du lyrisme narratif dans Le Sixième Jour et L'Autre, Al-Mağallah Al-ʿilmiyyaẗ Li Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Asyūṭ, 2025. Impact of pre-transplant infection management on the outcome of living-donor liver transplantation in Egypt, Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019. Cutting-edge development in waste-recycled nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications, Nanotechnology Reviews, 2022. The Ideals and Interests in Intellectuals’ Political Deliberations, American Journal of Islam and Society, 2023. Modern Architecture as an Inspiration for Contemporary Fashion Design, Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2022. Using augmented reality technologies to achieve added value for folding carton packages printed using the litho offset in Egypt, Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2024. EVALUATION OF THE AUDIENCE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AT GREATER CAIRO RADIO WITH ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, Journal of Environmental Science, 2021. ‘Ulamā,’ Maṣlaḥah, and the Politics of Fatwa: The Shifting of Ali Gomaa's Fatwa Approach during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, Asy-Syir'ah, 2023.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (88345236). Those registers additionally record the forms Ali Gomʿaa, 1952-, Ali Gomaa, Egyptian imam, Ali Gomaa, egipski mufti, Ali Gomaa, moefti uit Egypte, Ali Gomaa, 1951-, Ali Gomaa, iomám Éigipteach and Ali Gomaa Mohammed, 1951-.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Fatawa from Sheikh Ali Gomaa — Internet Archive. Responding from the Tradition, One Hundred Contemporary Fatwas by the Grand Mufti of Egypt (2011) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Ali Gomaa studied at Al-Azhar University and Ain Shams University. training under 'Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari, Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki and Muhammad Zaki al-Din Ibrahim is recorded. Usama al-Sayyid Al-Azhari, Magdy Ashour‎ and Emad Effat are recorded as having studied under Ali Gomaa. the recorded working language is Arabic.

The authority associates the name with Shadhili.

Employment is recorded with Al-Azhar University. Positions recorded include Grand Mufti of Egypt.

Works named in the authority record are 'Aqidat Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'a, Al-Bayan lima Yashghalu al-Adhhan, Al-Mutashaddidūn, Al-Tariq ila al-Turath al-Islami and Al-Nibras fi Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Jerusalem.

Chronology

  1. 1952Ali Gomaa born at Beni Suef.
  2. 2011Responding from the Tradition, One Hundred Contemporary Fatwas by the Grand Mufti of Egypt digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Ali Gomaa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q957704: Ali Gomaa

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