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Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Address: Egypt, Cairo
Phone: +2 (20) 261 14 19
E-mail:
Website: https://www.azhar.edu.eg
Number of persons: 12
Number of authors: 7
Number of publications: 7

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Al-Azhar University in Egypt, founded in 975, is the chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the world's second oldest surviving degree granting university. It is associated with Al-Azhar mosque in Islamic Cairo. The university's mission includes the propagation of Islamic religion and culture. To this end, its Islamic scholars (ulemas) render edicts (fatwas) on disputes submitted to them from all over the Sunni Islamic world regarding proper conduct for Muslim individuals or societies (a recent example being the clarification and thus prohibition of female genital cutting). Al-Azhar also trains Egyptian government appointed preachers in proselytization (da'wa).

 
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