The chief mufti of each school of thought acted as the dean, responsible for the teachers and students in that group.[33] During the time of the Ottomans, the Hanafi dean came to hold a position as primus inter pares.[33] It also had membership from the seven main Sufi orders.[34] Al-Azhar has had an antagonistic relationship with Wahhabism.[35] According to a 2011 report issued by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Al Azhar is strongly Sufi in character: