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  "ar": "شوقي علام",
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  "ar": "فقيه مصري (ولد 12 أغسطس 1961 في محافظة البحيرة)، أستاذ الفقه بجامعة الأزهر، تولى منصب مفتي مصر من 2013 حتى 11 أغسطس 2024 خلفًا لعلي جمعة وخلفه نظير عياد؛ ومنذ 2025 عميد المعهد العالي للدراسات الإسلامية وعضو مجلس الشيوخ المصري.",
  "en": "Egyptian jurist (born 12 August 1961 in Beheira Governorate), professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt from 2013 until 11 August 2024, succeeding Ali Gomaa and succeeded by Nazir Ayyad; since 2025 he has been dean of the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies and a member of the Egyptian Senate."
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   "note": "Born on 12 August 1961 in the village of Zawiyat Abu Shusha, El Delengat district, Beheira Governorate (Arabic article; the English article gives El Delengat, Beheira). No Hijri date is stated in the sources, so 1381 is a derived conversion.",
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    "value": "شوقي إبراهيم عبد الكريم علام"
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    "value": "Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam"
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    "value": "شوقی ابراہیم عبد الکریم علام"
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    "value": "Shawky Allam"
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   "hijri": "1381",
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   "note": "Born on 12 August 1961 in the village of Zawiyat Abu Shusha, El Delengat district, Beheira Governorate (Arabic article; the English article gives El Delengat, Beheira). No Hijri date is stated in the sources, so 1381 is a derived conversion.",
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    "note": "No school is recorded, because each reading rests on a single attestation of a kind this lane does not accept alone. For Sufism, the English article's text states 'Allam is a Sufi', citing an Egypt Independent report of 25 February 2013 — one personal text attestation, with only category filings behind it. For the Maliki madhhab, the Arabic infobox gives Maliki fiqh referenced to a Mubtada news headline ('the new mufti is Maliki by madhhab') — a referenced infobox alone; Al-Ahram's description of him (12 February 2013) as a professor of Maliki fiqh attests his teaching specialisation, not his personal madhhab. His Grand Mufti office (2013–2024) and his Al-Azhar posts are offices and never attest, and Wikidata gives only generic Islam (Q432). Both readings, Sufi and Maliki, are preserved here pending a second independent attestation of either.",
    "sources": [
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     "source/wikidata-shawki-allam"
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English, Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia articles on Shawki Allam and Wikidata item Q4664230, each fetched by its recorded revision id and read in full, the returned revision ids asserted equal to the recorded ones before any claim was drawn. The queue's 'Grand Mufti of Egypt (office from 2013)' is corrected by the sources — the tenure closed on 11 August 2024.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "شوقي إبراهيم عبد الكريم علام (ولد 12 أغسطس 1961) فقيه مصري وأستاذ الفقه بجامعة الأزهر، تولى منصب مفتي مصر من 2013 حتى 11 أغسطس 2024.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} خلف في المنصب علي جمعة وخلفه نظير عياد.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "النشأة والمسيرة الأكاديمية",
     "markdown": "ولد في قرية زاوية أبو شوشة بمركز الدلنجات في محافظة البحيرة.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} نال الدكتوراه في الفقه من جامعة الأزهر عام 1996، وترأس قسم الفقه بفرع الجامعة في طنطا، وأُعير إلى معهد الشريعة في سلطنة عمان من 2001 إلى 2010.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مفتي مصر",
     "markdown": "اختير مفتيًا في فبراير 2013 — وتؤرخ المقالة العربية توليه المنصب بـ4 مارس 2013 — وامتدت ولايته بالتجديد حتى انتهت في 11 أغسطس 2024.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} ومنذ 2025 يشغل عمادة المعهد العالي للدراسات الإسلامية بالعجوزة وعضوية مجلس الشيوخ المصري.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المذهب",
     "markdown": "لا تحسم المصادر له مذهبًا شخصيًا؛ فمتن المقالة الإنجليزية ينقل عن تقرير لصحيفة إيجيبت إندبندنت في فبراير 2013 أن علام صوفي، بينما يعطي صندوق المعلومات العربية الفقه المالكي استنادًا إلى عنوان خبر صحفي، ووصف الأهرام له بأنه أستاذ للفقه المالكي يتعلق بمنصبه التعليمي لا بمذهبه الشخصي.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} لذا يبقى انتماؤه في سجله غير مصنّف، مع حفظ القراءتين."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-shawki-allam}}"
    }
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Shawki Allam (born 12 August 1961) is an Egyptian jurist and professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University who served as Grand Mufti of Egypt from 2013 to 11 August 2024.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} He succeeded Ali Gomaa in the office and was succeeded by Nazir Ayyad.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life and academic career",
     "markdown": "He was born in the village of Zawiyat Abu Shusha in the El Delengat district of Beheira Governorate.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} He took his doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from Al-Azhar in 1996, chaired the university's Jurisprudence Department at its Tanta branch, and was seconded to Oman's Institute of Sharia Sciences from 2001 to 2010.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Grand Mufti of Egypt",
     "markdown": "He was chosen as Grand Mufti in February 2013 — the Arabic article dates his taking office to 4 March 2013 — and his tenure, repeatedly extended, ended on 11 August 2024.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} Since 2025 he has been dean of the Higher Institute of Islamic Studies at Agouza in Cairo and a member of the Egyptian Senate.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "School",
     "markdown": "The sources do not settle a personal school for him. The English article's text, citing an Egypt Independent report of February 2013, states that Allam is a Sufi, while the Arabic infobox gives Maliki fiqh on the strength of a news headline, and Al-Ahram's contemporary description of him as a professor of Maliki fiqh speaks to his teaching post rather than to a personal madhhab.{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} His record therefore leaves his affiliation unclassified, holding both readings on file."
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-shawki-allam}}"
    }
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "شوقی ابراہیم عبد الکریم علام (پیدائش 12 اگست 1961ء) مصری فقیہ اور جامعہ الازہر میں فقہ کے استاد ہیں؛ وہ 2013ء سے 11 اگست 2024ء تک مصر کے مفتیِ اعظم رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} اس منصب پر وہ علی جمعہ کے جانشین تھے اور ان کے بعد نظیر عیاد آئے۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تعلیم اور علمی زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ محافظہ بحیرہ کے مرکز الدلنجات کے گاؤں زاویہ ابو شوشہ میں پیدا ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} انھوں نے 1996ء میں ازہر سے فقہ میں ڈاکٹریٹ کیا، طنطا شاخ میں شعبۂ فقہ کے سربراہ رہے اور 2001ء سے 2010ء تک عمان کے معہد الشریعہ میں مامور رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مفتیِ اعظم اور بعد کا دور",
     "markdown": "وہ فروری 2013ء میں مفتی منتخب ہوئے — عربی مقالہ ان کے عہدہ سنبھالنے کی تاریخ 4 مارچ 2013ء دیتا ہے — اور ان کی مدت 11 اگست 2024ء کو ختم ہوئی۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} 2025ء سے وہ العجوزة کے المعہد العالی للدراسات الإسلامیہ کے عمید اور مصری سینیٹ کے رکن ہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مذہب",
     "markdown": "ذرائع ان کے ذاتی مذہب کا فیصلہ نہیں کرتے؛ انگریزی مقالہ فروری 2013ء کی ایجیپٹ انڈیپنڈنٹ رپورٹ کے حوالے سے لکھتا ہے کہ علام صوفی ہیں، جبکہ عربی خانۂ معلومات ایک اخباری سرخی کی بنیاد پر مالکی فقہ دیتا ہے اور الاہرام کی انھیں مالکی فقہ کا استاد کہنا ان کے تدریسی منصب سے متعلق ہے، ذاتی مذہب سے نہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar} اس لیے ان کے ریکارڈ میں انتماء غیر مصنّف رکھا گیا ہے۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-shawki-allam-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-shawki-allam}}"
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