Abu Ishaq Al Heweny | |
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Born | 1956 (age 60–61) |
Ethnicity | Egyptian |
Region | Egypt |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Salafism |
Movement | Salafism |
Abu Ishaq Al Heweny (Arabic: أبو إسحاق الحوينى, born June 1956) is a Salafi scholar. Born in the village of Hewen in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate in Egypt. He issued a fatwa against Hamed Abdel-Samad in 2013 for writing a book on islamofascism. In 2015, the Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments initiated a campaign to remove any books authored by Salafi scholars including Al Heweny from all mosques in Egypt.