Al-Azhar University
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الأزهر الشريف Al-ʾAzhar al-Šarīf | |
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| Type | Public, Islamic |
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| Established | 975 AD |
| Affiliation | Shia Islam (975 - 1171) Sunni Islam (1172 - present) |
| Sheikh (chief) | Ahmad El-Tayeb |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
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Al-Azhar University[1] is a university and mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It is the main centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world. It is also the world's second-oldest surviving university.[2] It was founded in 975 by the Fatimids of the Shia tradition.
Al-Azhar University Media
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The courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque, which largely dates to the Fatimid period
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Prayer hall of Al-Azhar Mosque
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The Gate of the Barbers, one of the entrances to the mosque embellished during the Ottoman period
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An Azhari institute in Tanta
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One of the study halls attached to the mosque
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Al-Azhar University Campus
Notes
Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah is the "Fatwa" department of Al Azhar university headed by Grand Imam of Al Azhar.[3]
References
- ↑ Pronounced "AZ-har", Arabic: الأزهر الشريف
- ↑ Alatas, Syed Farid, 2006. From jami`ah to university: multiculturalism and Christian–Muslim dialogue, Current Sociology 54(1):112-32
- ↑ Naomi Sakr; Robert Springborg; Amr Adly; Anthony Gorman; Tamir Moustafa; Aisha Saad (2021). Routledge handbook on contemporary Egypt. London. ISBN 978-0-429-05837-0. OCLC 1221016919.
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