Al-Azhar

Al-Azhar University
A prominent Islamic university in Cairo, named after Prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra, with a history of evolving educational standards.
Gadd al-Haqq
Gadd al-Haqq, the Egyptian Shaykh of al-Azhar known for his controversial fatwa on female circumcision.
Mahmud, Abd al-Halim
Egyptian Islamic leader who reasserted al-Azhar’s independence and promoted Sufism based on the Quran and Sunnah.
Mustafa al-Maraghi
Egyptian modernist reformer and rector of al-Azhar known for his advocacy of social, legal, and educational reforms.
Mahmud Shaltut
Influential Egyptian religious scholar and reformer of al-Azhar University

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