Abdel Aziem Al-Afifi (Arabic: عبد العظيم العفيفي; ~1971 – 11 July 2018) was an Egyptian-born Australian Sunni Islamic cleric and scholar, who was Grand Mufti of Australia from March 2018 until his death four months later in July.
He visited Australia in 2000 to conduct a Ramadan sermon, and decided to stay in Melbourne.
In March 2018, Ibrahim Abu Mohamed stepped down as Grand Mufti after serving the constitutional maximum of two terms in the role, and Al-Afifi was elected as his replacement.
[2] On 11 July 2018, it was announced that Al-Afifi had died of cancer at The Northern Hospital, Epping, aged 48.
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