Aliko Dangote, Nigerian business mogul and richest man in Africa studied business at Al-Azhar Akhtar Raza Khan, former Grand Mufti of India.[60] Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Qasimi, Al-Baqavi, Al Azhari (1930-2015) - Former president of Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema (1995-2004) Mohammed Burhanuddin, Dai of Dawoodi Bohra researched and rediscovered Al-Azhar University's past History and was Awarded PhD from Al-Azhar University.[61] Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Founder of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, and a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian Shire Jama Ahmed, Somali linguist who devised a Latin script for the Somali language.[62] Mahmud Shaltut,[citation needed] Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, issued in 1959 a Fatwa, declaring that Al-Azhar recognizes Shi'ism as a valid branch of Islam Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, a renowned Qari and Qur'anic scholar. Abdel-Halim Mahmoud,[citation needed] Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, introduced the study of Sufism as a science through his writings and lectures on the matter Ahmed Subhy Mansour,[citation needed] Islamic scholar, cleric, and founder of the Quranists, who was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the United States as a political refugee Taha Jabir Alalwani, President of Cordoba University (Ashburn, VA, USA), former Chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America, and the President of the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon, Virginia (USA).[63] Abdurrahman Wahid,[citation needed] Former President of Indonesia Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy,[citation needed] former Grand Imam of Al-Azhar (17 March 1996 to 10 March 2010) Ahmed el-Tayeb, current Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.