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English: The marble floor of Al-Azhar Mosque. Al-Azhar University and associated Al-Azhar Mosque in Islamic Cairo, is Egypt's oldest university and is renowned as "Sunni Islam's most prestigious university". It was founded in 970 by the Fatimids as a centre of Islamic learning.
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Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque', Egyptian Arabic : جامع الأزهر , romanized: Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar ), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar , is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city .
Al-Azhar al-Sharif is an Islamic scientific body and the largest religious institution in Egypt. Its headquarters is located in the building of the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar in the center of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The history of the establishment of the Al-Azhar Mosque dates back to the year 970 by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz Li-Din Allah.
Interior of the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab in Cairo (c. 1774) One of the notable mosques from this period is the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab (c. 1774), erected next to al-Azhar Mosque. It is similar to the older Sinan Pasha Mosque in form and mixes elements inspired by various sources.
The Al-Aqsa mosque is the third-holiest site in Islam situated in Jerusalem's contested Old City, a spot also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, which is the holiest site in Judaism.
Al-Azhar Mosque, view of Fatimid-era courtyard and Mamluk minarets Al-Muizz Street in Islamic Cairo Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan and the al-Rifa'i Mosque, seen from the Citadel. Cairo holds one of the greatest concentrations of historical monuments of Islamic architecture in the world. [242]
The building, which has more than 220,000 square feet of floor space, could house nonprofits and for-profit businesses alike, according to Fadi Suleiman, a Palestinian American mosque member and ...