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9 unusual facts about Azhar University


Abdallah Ben Abdel Mohsen At-Turki

In 1972 he defended a thesis on foundations of Islamic jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, Cairo.

Abdeslam Serghini

Al-Qarawiyyin is one of the oldest Universities in the Arab World, older than Al-Azhar University in Egypt.

Faizan-e-Madina Mosque

The mosque is noted for the quality of its education and it has hosted leading Islamic scholars and teachers from universities including Egypt's Al-Azhar University.

Islamic television networks

Most Sunni and Sunni-Salafi Islamic television programs are hosted by imams who are not affiliated with Al-Azhar University.

Mohamad Said Raslan

He received a Bachelor's degree in Medicine and a Bachelor's Degree in Surgery from Al-Azhar University, a Bachelor in Arabic Language, Department of Islamic Studies Division, And a master's degree in - Hadith Grading as excellent with highest honors in the search in

Muhammad Arshad Misbahi

In 2001, he was awarded the ad-Dir’ul ur-Mumtaz award from the Al-Azhar University of Cairo, Egypt.

Pekan

Its students consistently further their studies in the esteemed Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

Turlandi

Molana Shad Muhammad Khan of this village was qualified up to Molvi Fazil level from Al-Azhar University in 1930s.

Yasser Elbatrawy

He was then an assistant lecturer of orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, at Al-Azhar University.


Darul Uloom, Birmingham

Many of the teachers have qualified from the renowned Al-Azhar University in Egypt, with Masters and PhDs, in addition to their Alim and Hafiz qualifications from their own countries, under the Deobandi system.

Egypt–Mongolia relations

There is a small number of Mongolian expatriates in Egypt, including ethnic Kazakh international students from Bayan-Ölgii Province, Uvs Province, and Nalaikh Düüreg of Ulaanbaatar who are studying theology at Al-Azhar University.

Medina Azahara

A female scholar in her own right, her title az-Zahra (the brilliant) was given to the oldest functioning university in the world, the al-Az'har/al-Azhar University in Cairo in 968, built by the Fatimids.

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

In 1990, after the book had attracted the attention of Azhar University, Lings received a decoration from President Hosni Mubarak.


see also

Al Azhar English Language Resource Center

Al Azhar English Language Resource Center (ELRC), was founded in 2007 at the Nasr City, Cairo campus of Al Azhar University as a result of collaboration between Al Azhar University and the United States Embassy in Cairo.

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy

In October 2009, Tantawy launched a campaign against the niqab (the full-face veil which covers the entire body except for the eyes, increasingly worn by women in Egypt) by personally removing the niqab of a teenage girl (after she failed to remove it) at a secondary school affiliated to Al-Azhar University, which he was touring in Cairo's Madinet Nasr suburb, much to the shock of all concerned.