Al-Azhar University

Al-Azhar UniversityPronounced "AZ-har",  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.Alatas, Syed Farid, 2006. From jami`ah to university: multiculturalism and Christian–Muslim dialogue, Current Sociology 54(1):112-32 It was founded in 975 by the Fatimids of the Shia tradition.

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Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah is the "Fatwa"  department of Al Azhar university headed by Grand Imam of Al Azhar.

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