Al-Azhar University

E24032
Islamic university educational institution research institution university

Al-Azhar University is one of the world’s oldest and most influential centers of Islamic learning and higher education, located in Cairo, Egypt.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Al-Azhar University canonical 16
Al-Azhar 2
Al-Azhar University (historic core) 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic university ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
research institution ⓘ
university ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
employs professors ⓘ
religious scholars ⓘ
researchers ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Arabic language ⓘ
Islamic economics ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Quranic studies ⓘ
Sharia ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
education ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
humanities ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
natural sciences ⓘ
social sciences ⓘ
foundedAs mosque ⓘ
governedBy Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb ⓘ
surface form: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
hasPart Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ
Al-Azhar institutes network ⓘ
faculties ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
research centers ⓘ
hasRole center of Islamic learning ⓘ
issuer of religious edicts ⓘ
religious authority in Sunni Islam ⓘ
training center for Islamic scholars ⓘ
training center for imams ⓘ
influences Islamic education worldwide ⓘ
Islamic legal thought ⓘ
Sunni jurisprudence ⓘ
languageOfInstruction Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Al-Azhar, Cairo

Cairo ⓘ
historic center of Cairo ⓘ
notableFor being a leading center of Sunni Islamic scholarship ⓘ
being one of the oldest universities in the world ⓘ
its global network of alumni ⓘ
its role in preserving classical Islamic heritage ⓘ
offers Islamic studies degrees ⓘ
doctoral programs ⓘ
postgraduate programs ⓘ
secular academic degrees ⓘ
undergraduate programs ⓘ
operatedBy Al-Azhar University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Al-Azhar establishment
religiousAffiliation Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ

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Cairo → hasLandmark → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Greater Cairo metropolitan area → hasMajorUniversity → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Islamic world → hasHistoricInstitution → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Assiut → hasEducationalInstitution → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar University branch in Assiut
Al-Azhar University → operatedBy → Al-Azhar University self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar establishment
Ministry of Islamic Endowments of Egypt → cooperatesWith → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar
Fatimid Caliphate → builtInstitution → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Azhar University
Fatimid Caliphate → hadInstitution → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dār al-ʿIlm
Al-Azhar Mosque → affiliatedWith → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Gaza City → hasUniversity → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar University – Gaza
Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb → employer → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb → leaderOf → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar scholarly establishment
Cairo Governorate → contains → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Islamic Cairo → hasPart → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar University (historic core)
Islam in Egypt → hasImportantInstitution → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Abdullah Azzam → almaMater → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Burhanuddin Rabbani → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars → partOf → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar
Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars → parentOrganization → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Aliko Dangote → education → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar University (attended)
El Gamaliya → hasLandmark → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar University (historic core)
House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo → alsoKnownAs → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dār al-ʿIlm
Egyptian universities → includeType → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Azhar universities and institutes
Egyptian universities → notableMember → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Taha Hussein → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke → educatedAt → Al-Azhar University ⓘ