Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Tantawi

Muhammad Ali bin Mostafa Al-Tantawi known as "Ali Al-Tantawi" (1327-1420 AH/1909-1999 AD) Mohammad Ali Al-Tantawi was a Syrian Sunni jurist, writer, editor, broadcaster, teacher and judge considered one of the leading figures in Islamic preaching and Arab literature in the twentieth century. Al-Tantawi was the recipient of the King Faisal Prize in 1990 for his services for Islam. Biography Al-Tantawi was born in Damascus in 1909, into a family of religious scholars: his paternal grandfather, who moved from Egypt, was a graduate of Al-Azhar who specialized in astronomy, his father was an Islamic scholar as well and so was his maternal uncle, Sheikh Muhibb-ud-Deen Al-Khatib.[citation needed] Aftar attending the prestigious Maktab Anbar, Al-Tantawi would then study Islamic law at the University of Damascus, and would militate against the French occupation of Syria and the Zionist project in Palestine, one of the first Islamic scholars putting his attention to this issue.[citation needed] Al-Tantawi wrote in many Arab newspapers throughout the years, most importantly of which was Egyptian magazine Arrissalah from 1933 to 1953.[citation needed] His daughter, Banan al-Tantawi was assassinated by a death squad sent by Assad regime on 17 March 1981. Being unable to resume his Islamic activism as he wished, he moved to Saudi Arabia in the late 1960s where he spent the last decades of his life. He died in 1999 and was buried in Jeddah. Compositions The number of books written by Ali Tantawi has increased, and it is a book that has been published in the past. It includes articles that have been previously published in his calendar and in widely circulated magazines. Abu Bakr Siddiq (1935). Dastan Hayei Az Tarikh (1957). Mardan History (1958). Pictures and Ideas (1958). Dastan Hayy Az Zindgi (1959). With the risk of reforms (1959). Damascus (1959). Omar News (1959). My articles in words (1959). From Nafhat Al-Haram (1960). The story of this story (1-7) (1960). May your peace be upon you (1960). From Self Talk (1960). Amoy Mosque (1960). Der Indonesia (1960). Islamic Doors (1960). Sayyid Al-Khatr Ibn Al-Jawzi (verification and interpretation) (1960 AD).