al-Azhar

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:university
mosque
gptkbp:admission open to men and women
gptkbp:affiliation Sunni Islam
gptkbp:annualEvent International Conference on Islamic Thought
Ramadan lectures
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:King
gptkb:Fatimid
gptkb:Ottoman
gptkbp:book al-Azhar Library
gptkbp:coordinates 30.0444°N 31.2617°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:foundedIn 970
gptkbp:founder Fatimid Caliphate
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Imam
gptkbp:hasComponent gptkb:al-Azhar_Mosque
gptkb:al-Azhar_University
gptkbp:hasMinaret 5
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:al-Azhar_Mosque
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Azhar
gptkbp:influenced interfaith dialogue
Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
global Islamic education
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cairo
gptkbp:motto Knowledge and Faith
gptkbp:network al-Azhar Institutes (schools across Egypt)
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Sheikh_Ahmed_el-Tayeb
gptkb:Yusuf_al-Qaradawi
Sheikh Muhammad Abduh
gptkbp:notableFaculty gptkb:Sheikh_Ahmed_el-Tayeb
Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut
Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi
gptkbp:notableFor oldest university in the world
religious education
Islamic scholarship
gptkbp:publishedIn Al-Azhar Journal
Al-Azhar Magazine
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:role issuing fatwas
training imams
center of Arabic literature studies
center of Islamic jurisprudence
religious authority in Egypt
gptkbp:studentBody over 2 million (university system-wide)
gptkbp:type gptkb:public_university
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Historic_Cairo
gptkbp:website https://www.azhar.eg/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wikala_of_al-Ghuri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7