Al-Azhar University
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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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Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic university
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educational institution → research institution → university → |
| continent | Africa → |
| country | Egypt → |
| employs |
professors
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religious scholars → researchers → |
| fieldOfStudy |
Arabic language
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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
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surface form: "Grand Imam of Al-Azhar"
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| hasPart |
Al-Azhar Mosque
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Al-Azhar institutes network → faculties → libraries → research centers → |
| hasRole |
center of Islamic learning
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issuer of religious edicts → religious authority in Sunni Islam → training center for Islamic scholars → training center for imams → |
| influences |
Islamic education worldwide
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Islamic legal thought → Sunni jurisprudence → |
| languageOfInstruction |
Arabic
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English → |
| locatedIn |
Al-Azhar Mosque
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surface form: "Al-Azhar, Cairo"
Cairo → historic center of Cairo → |
| notableFor |
being a leading center of Sunni Islamic scholarship
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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
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doctoral programs → postgraduate programs → secular academic degrees → undergraduate programs → |
| operatedBy |
Al-Azhar University
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surface form: "Al-Azhar establishment"
|
| religiousAffiliation |
Islam
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Sunni Islam → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "al-Azhar University"
this entity surface form: "Al-Azhar"
subject surface form: "Ahmad al-Tayyeb"
subject surface form: "Ahmad al-Tayyeb"
this entity surface form: "Dār al-ʿIlm"
this entity surface form: "Al-Azhar University branch in Assiut"
this entity surface form: "Al-Azhar University – Gaza"
subject surface form: "Ahmad al-Tayyeb"
this entity surface form: "Al-Azhar scholarly establishment"
this entity surface form: "Al-Azhar establishment"