In memory of Chief Rabbi Bakshi-Doron: From al-Azhar to coronavirusThe 1990s had seen a spike in suicide bombings carried out in the name of Islam, and Bakshi-Doron hoped to convince Tantawi to speak out against the phenomenon.Al-Azhar mosque, founded by the Fatimid conqueror Gwahar al-Siqilli in 970. Herz opened the walled-up arcades encircling the courtyard(photo credit: GUNDULA MADELEINE TEGTMEYER)
