Al-Azhar University
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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
The courtyard of the Al-Azhar Mosque, which largely dates to the Fatimid period
Prayer hall of Al-Azhar Mosque
The Gate of the Barbers, one of the entrances to the mosque embellished during the Ottoman period
An Azhari institute in Tanta
One of the study halls attached to the mosque
Al-Azhar University Campus
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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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