Update: Press Syndicate issued a statement dated Oct. 11th protesting Tantawi’s fatwa
During a religious celebration co-memorating the eve Quran descended from heaven, Mohamed Sayid Tantawi, sheikh of Azhar mosque preached a crowd of state officials including President Mubarak, finding religious grounds for whipping rumors spreaders 80 times
This comes as editors and journalists of independent media are sentenced to jail for publishing a wide spread talk-of-the-town on President Mubarak’s death
Al-Azhar is more than 100 years old influential religious institution throughout the Arab and Muslim world
