Egypt's top Muslim cleric or mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, has launched a website to give a voice to moderate Islamic religious opinion, Cairo newspapers reported on Saturday.
The new website will allow the faithful to obtain individual religious edicts, or fatwas, on matters of Islamic ethics, and is aimed at spreading the moderate views of the leadership of Cairo's Al-Azhar university, the highest seat of Sunni Muslim learning, Sheikh Gomaa said.
"These fatwas will be delivered for free in the four international languages - Arabic, English, French and German," he told the leading state-owned daily Al-Ahram. "The aim is to spread the moderate opinion of the Al-Azhar hierarchy which reflects the centre ground and moderation in Islam."
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