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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Imam_of_al-Azhar" title="Grand Imam of al-Azhar">Grand Imam</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_el-Tayeb" title="Ahmed el-Tayeb">Ahmed el-Tayeb</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">19.9 Billion EGP<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azhar.eg/en">www<wbr />.azhar<wbr />.eg<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Al-Azhar al-Sharif</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islamic</a> scientific body and the largest religious institution in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. Its headquarters is located in the building of the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar in the center of the Egyptian capital, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. The history of the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Mosque" title="Al-Azhar Mosque">Al-Azhar Mosque</a> dates back to the year 970 by the <a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimid</a> Caliph <a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27izz_li-Din_Allah" title="Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah">Al-Muizz Li-Din Allah</a>. </p><p>The Al-Azhar institution in its current form was reorganized according to Law No. 10 of 1911, amended by Law No. 32 and 33 of 1923, and then Law No. 103 of 1961,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which stipulated that Al-Azhar is the major Islamic scientific body based on the preservation and study of Islamic heritage, and it has an independent moral personality, headed by it. It is led by the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Imam_of_al-Azhar" title="Grand Imam of al-Azhar">Grand Imam of al-Azhar</a>, currently <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_el-Tayeb" title="Ahmed el-Tayeb">Ahmed el-Tayeb</a>, and consists of several basic bodies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliated_bodies">Affiliated bodies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Azhar_al-Sharif&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Affiliated bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Al-Azhar Senior Scholars Authority</li> <li>The Supreme Council of Al-Azhar</li> <li>Islamic Research Academy<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Mosque" title="Al-Azhar Mosque">Al-Azhar Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" title="Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar University</a></li> <li>City of Islamic Resurrections</li> <li>Azhar institutes</li> <li>Al-Azhar Library</li> <li>Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grand_Imam_of_al-Azhar">Grand Imam of al-Azhar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Azhar_al-Sharif&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Grand Imam of al-Azhar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is a prestigious and a prominent official title in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority in Sunni Islamic thought and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_jurisprudence" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic jurisprudence">Islamic jurisprudence</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and holds great influence on followers of the theological <a href="/wiki/Ash%27ari" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash'ari">Ash'ari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maturidi" class="mw-redirect" title="Maturidi">Maturidi</a> traditions worldwide. The Grand Imam heads the Al-Azhar Al Sharif, <a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Mosque" title="Al-Azhar Mosque">al-Azhar Mosque</a>, and by extension <a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" title="Al-Azhar University">al-Azhar University</a>, and is responsible for official religious matters along with the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Mufti_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Mufti of Egypt">Grand Mufti of Egypt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_ideology">Religious ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Azhar_al-Sharif&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religious ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg/220px-Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg/330px-Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg/440px-Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University_-_interior_gate_near_women_only_area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="2786" /></a><figcaption>Gateway</figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, Al-Azhar had a membership that represented diverse opinions within Islam. It has a long tradition of teaching all four schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence (<a href="/wiki/Hanafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanafi">Hanafi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maliki" class="mw-redirect" title="Maliki">Maliki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shafi">Shafi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hanbali" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanbali">Hanbali</a>). The chief <a href="/wiki/Mufti" title="Mufti">mufti</a> of each school of thought acted as the <a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">dean</a>, responsible for the teachers and students in that group.<sup id="cite_ref-petersen_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petersen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the time of the Ottomans, the Hanafi dean came to hold a position as <i><a href="/wiki/Primus_inter_pares" title="Primus inter pares">primus inter pares</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-petersen_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petersen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also had membership from the seven main <a href="/wiki/Sufi_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi order">Sufi orders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al-Azhar has had an antagonistic relationship with <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a 2011 report issued by the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace" title="Carnegie Endowment for International Peace">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a>, Al Azhar is strongly <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> in character: </p> <blockquote><p>Adherence to a Sufi order has long been standard for both professors and students in the al-Azhar mosque and university system. Although al-Azhar is not monolithic, its identity has been strongly associated with Sufism. The current Shaykh al-Azhar (rector of the school), <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_el-Tayeb" title="Ahmed el-Tayeb">Ahmed el-Tayeb</a>, is a hereditary Sufi shaykh from Upper Egypt who has recently expressed his support for the formation of a world Sufi league; the former Grand Mufti of Egypt and senior al-Azhar scholar <a href="/wiki/Ali_Gomaa" title="Ali Gomaa">Ali Gomaa</a> is also a highly respected Sufi master.<sup id="cite_ref-CarnegirEndowment_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarnegirEndowment-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>However, in the early 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Modernism" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Modernism">enlightened Modernist</a> thinkers such as <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Abduh" title="Muhammad Abduh">Muhammad Abduh</a> led a reform of the curriculum, reintroducing a desire for legal reform through <a href="/wiki/Ijtihad" title="Ijtihad">ijtihad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, disputes were had between modernist intellectuals and traditionalists within al-Azhar.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al-Azhar now maintains a <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Modernism" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Modernism">modernist</a> position, advocating "Wasatiyya" (centrism), a reaction against the extreme textualism of many <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabi</a> <a href="/wiki/Salafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Salafi">Salafi</a> ideologues. Wasatiyya covers a range of thinkers, some of whom are liberal intellectuals with religious inclinations, preachers such as <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-Qaradawi" title="Yusuf al-Qaradawi">Yusuf al-Qaradawi</a> and many members of the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a> since the 2013 coup. However, Al-Azhar has taken a position against the brotherhood.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nineteenth and current Grand Mufti of Egypt and Al Azhar scholar, is <a href="/wiki/Shawki_Ibrahim_Abdel-Karim_Allam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam">Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam</a>. The university is opposed to overt liberal reform of Islam and issued a <a href="/wiki/Fatwa" title="Fatwa">fatwa</a> against the liberal <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Rushd-Goethe_mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque">Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> because it banned face-covering veils such as burqa and niqab on its premises while allowing women and men to pray together. The fatwa encompassed all present and future <a href="/wiki/Liberalism_and_progressivism_within_Islam" title="Liberalism and progressivism within Islam">liberal mosques</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Azhar_al-Sharif&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gate_Azhar_University_,Cairo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gate"><img alt="Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg/120px-Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg/180px-Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg/240px-Gate_Azhar_University_%2CCairo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_HuTect_ShOts_-_Mashyakhat_Al-Azhar_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_-_Cairo_-_Egypt_-_28_05_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Façade"><img alt="Façade" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flickr_-_HuTect_ShOts_-_Mashyakhat_Al-Azhar_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_-_Cairo_-_Egypt_-_28_05_2010.jpg/120px-Flickr_-_HuTect_ShOts_-_Mashyakhat_Al-Azhar_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_-_Cairo_-_Egypt_-_28_05_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flickr_-_HuTect_ShOts_-_Mashyakhat_Al-Azhar_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_-_Cairo_-_Egypt_-_28_05_2010.jpg/180px-Flickr_-_HuTect_ShOts_-_Mashyakhat_Al-Azhar_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1_-_Cairo_-_Egypt_-_28_05_2010.jpg 1.5x, 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Cooperation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Azhar_al-Sharif&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Mosque" title="Al-Azhar Mosque">Al-Azhar<br />Mosque</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Imam_of_al-Azhar" title="Grand Imam of al-Azhar">Grand Imam<br />of al-Azhar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_al-Kharashi" title="Muhammad al-Kharashi">Muhammad al-Kharashi</a> <small>(1679–1690)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_al-Barmawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ibrahim al-Barmawi (page does not exist)">Ibrahim al-Barmawi</a> <small>(1690–1695)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Nasharti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Nasharti (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Nasharti</a> <small>(1695–1709)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Baqi_al-Qalini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abd al-Baqi al-Qalini (page does not exist)">Abd al-Baqi al-Qalini</a> <small>(1709–1709)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Shanan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad Shanan (page does not exist)">Muhammad Shanan</a> <small>(1709–1720)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ibrahim_al-Fayyumi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ibrahim al-Fayyumi (page does not exist)">Ibrahim al-Fayyumi</a> <small>(1720–1724)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdullah_al-Shubrawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdullah al-Shubrawi (page does not exist)">Abdullah al-Shubrawi</a> <small>(1724–1758)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Hiffnawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Hiffnawi (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Hiffnawi</a> <small>(1758–1767)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Rauf_al-Sajini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abd al-Rauf al-Sajini (page does not exist)">Abd al-Rauf al-Sajini</a> <small>(1767–1769)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_al-Damanhuri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed al-Damanhuri (page does not exist)">Ahmed al-Damanhuri</a> <small>(1769–1778)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_al-Arusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed al-Arusi (page does not exist)">Ahmed al-Arusi</a> <small>(1778–1793)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_al-Sharqawi" title="Abdullah al-Sharqawi">Abdullah al-Sharqawi</a> <small>(1793–1812)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammed_al-Shanawani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammed al-Shanawani (page does not exist)">Muhammed al-Shanawani</a> <small>(1812–1818)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammed_al-Arusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammed al-Arusi (page does not exist)">Muhammed al-Arusi</a> <small>(1818–1829)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_al-Damhuji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed al-Damhuji (page does not exist)">Ahmed al-Damhuji</a> <small>(1829–1830)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_al-Attar" title="Hasan al-Attar">Hasan al-Attar</a> <small>(1830–1834)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hasan_al-Quwaysini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hasan al-Quwaysini (page does not exist)">Hasan al-Quwaysini</a> <small>(1834–1838)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_al-Sa%27im_al-Safti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed al-Sa'im al-Safti (page does not exist)">Ahmed al-Sa'im al-Safti</a> <small>(1838–1847)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Bajuri" title="Ibrahim al-Bajuri">Ibrahim al-Bajuri</a> <small>(1847–1864)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mustafa_al-Arusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mustafa al-Arusi (page does not exist)">Mustafa al-Arusi</a> <small>(1864–1870)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Mahdi_(grand_imam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Mahdi (grand imam) (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Mahdi</a> <small>(1870–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shams_al-Din_Muhammad_al-Imbabi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi (page does not exist)">Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi</a> <small>(1881–1882)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Mahdi_(grand_imam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Mahdi (grand imam) (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Mahdi</a> <small>(1882–1886)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shams_al-Din_Muhammad_al-Imbabi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi (page does not exist)">Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi</a> <small>(1886–1895)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hassunah_al-Nawawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hassunah al-Nawawi (page does not exist)">Hassunah al-Nawawi</a> <small>(1895–1899)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Rahman_al-Qutb_al-Nawawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abd al-Rahman al-Qutb al-Nawawi (page does not exist)">Abd al-Rahman al-Qutb al-Nawawi</a> <small>(1899–1899)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_al-Bishri" title="Salim al-Bishri">Salim al-Bishri</a> <small>(1899–1903)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_al-Biblawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali al-Biblawi (page does not exist)">Ali al-Biblawi</a> <small>(1903–1905)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Rahman_al-Shirbini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abd al-Rahman al-Shirbini (page does not exist)">Abd al-Rahman al-Shirbini</a> <small>(1905–1907)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hassanuh_al-Nawawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hassanuh al-Nawawi (page does not exist)">Hassanuh al-Nawawi</a> <small>(1907–1909)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_al-Bishri" title="Salim al-Bishri">Salim al-Bishri</a> <small>(1909–1917)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_al-Jizawi" title="Muhammad al-Jizawi">Muhammad al-Jizawi</a> <small>(1917–1927)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_al-Maraghi" title="Mustafa al-Maraghi">Mustafa al-Maraghi</a> <small>(1927–1929)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Zawahiri_(grand_imam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Zawahiri (grand imam) (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Zawahiri</a> <small>(1929–1935)</small></li> <li><a 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al-Majid Salim</a> <small>(1952–1952)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Khadi_Husayn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Khadi Husayn (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Khadi Husayn</a> <small>(1952–1954)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Rahman_Taj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abd al-Rahman Taj (page does not exist)">Abd al-Rahman Taj</a> <small>(1954–1958)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Shaltut" title="Mahmud Shaltut">Mahmud Shaltut</a> <small>(1958–1963)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Mamoun" title="Hassan Mamoun">Hassan Mamoun</a> <small>(1963–1969)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_al-Fahham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad al-Fahham (page does not exist)">Muhammad al-Fahham</a> <small>(1969–1973)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel-Halim_Mahmoud" title="Abdel-Halim Mahmoud">Abdel-Halim Mahmoud</a> <small>(1973–1978)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Abd_al-Rahman_Bisar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar (page does not exist)">Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar</a> <small>(1978–1982)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gad_al-Haq" title="Gad al-Haq">Gad al-Haq</a> <small>(1982–1996)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Sayyid_Tantawy" title="Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy">Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy</a> <small>(1996–2010)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_el-Tayeb" title="Ahmed el-Tayeb">Ahmed el-Tayeb</a> <small>(since 2010)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Fatwas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Shia_Fatwa" title="Al-Azhar Shia Fatwa">1959 Shia Fatwa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" title="Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar<br />University</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Al-Azhar_University" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Al-Azhar University">Presidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_staff_of_Al-Azhar_University" title="Category:Academic staff of Al-Azhar University">Faculty members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Al-Azhar_University_alumni" title="Category:Al-Azhar University alumni">Alumni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Barqiyya" title="Bab al-Barqiyya">Bab al-Barqiyya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Futuh" title="Bab al-Futuh">Bab al-Futuh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Nasr_(Cairo)" title="Bab al-Nasr (Cairo)">Bāb al-Naşr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Wazir" title="Bab al-Wazir">Bab al-Wazir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan_el-Khalili" title="Khan el-Khalili">Gates of Khan al-Khalili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_Zuweila" title="Bab Zuweila">Bab Zuweila</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main streets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mu%27izz_Street" title="Al-Mu'izz Street">al-Muizz Street (Qasabah Street)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayn_al-Qasrayn" title="Bayn al-Qasrayn">Bayn al-Qasrayn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Cairo" title="List of mosques in Cairo">Mosques and religious structures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Mosque" title="Al-Azhar Mosque">Al-Azhar Mosque</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_University" title="Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar University</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hakim_Mosque" title="Al-Hakim Mosque">Al-Hakim Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hussein_Mosque" title="Al-Hussein Mosque">Al-Hussein Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Almalik_al-Jukandar" title="Mosque of Almalik al-Jukandar">Mosque of Almalik al-Jukandar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_Tatar_al-Hijaziya" title="Madrasa of Tatar al-Hijaziya">Madrasa of Tatar al-Hijaziya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Salih_Tala%27i_Mosque" title="Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque">Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqmar_Mosque" title="Aqmar Mosque">Aqmar Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Virgin_Mary_(Haret_Zuweila)" title="Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila)">Church of the Virgin Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emir_Qurqumas_Complex" title="Emir Qurqumas Complex">Complex of Amir Qurqumas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complex_of_Sultan_al-Ashraf_Qaytbay" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay">Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Al-Ghuri_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex">Complex of Sultan al-Ghuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalawun_complex" title="Qalawun complex">Complex of Sultan Qalawun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanqah_of_Baybars_II" title="Khanqah of Baybars II">Khanqah of Baybars II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanqah_of_Faraj_ibn_Barquq" title="Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq">Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanqah-Mausoleum_of_Sultan_Barsbay" title="Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay">Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_al-Nasir_Muhammad" title="Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad">Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salihiyya_Madrasa" title="Salihiyya Madrasa">Madrasa-Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Abu_al-Dhahab" title="Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab">Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Jamal_al-Din_al-Ustadar_Mosque" title="Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque">Mosque of Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Sultan_al-Muayyad" title="Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad">Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ashraf_Mosque" title="Al-Ashraf Mosque">Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque-Madrasa_of_Sultan_Barquq" title="Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq">Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque-Sabil_of_Sulayman_Agha_al-Silahdar" title="Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar">Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Azhar_Park" title="Al-Azhar Park">Al-Azhar Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayt_al-Suhaymi" title="Bayt al-Suhaymi">Bayt al-Suhaymi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beshtak_Palace" title="Beshtak Palace">Beshtak Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammam_of_Sultan_Inal" title="Hammam of Sultan Inal">Hammam of Sultan Inal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan_el-Khalili" title="Khan el-Khalili">Khan el-Khalili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabil-Kuttab_of_Katkhuda" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda">Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikala_and_Sabil-Kuttab_of_Sultan_Qaytbay" title="Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay">Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikala_of_al-Ghuri" title="Wikala of al-Ghuri">Wikala of al-Ghuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikala_of_Qawsun" title="Wikala of Qawsun">Wikala of Qawsun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikala_of_Sultan_Qaytbay" title="Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay">Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Islamic Cairo map"><img alt="Islamic Cairo map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png/130px-Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png/195px-Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png/260px-Medieval_map_of_Cairo_revised.png 2x" data-file-width="1336" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main streets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salah_al-Din_Square" title="Salah al-Din Square">Salah al-Din Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saliba_Street" title="Saliba Street">Saliba Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Darb_al-Ahmar" title="Al-Darb al-Ahmar">Al-Darb al-Ahmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasaba_of_Radwan_Bey" title="Qasaba of Radwan Bey">Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mosques and religious structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nasir_Muhammad_Mosque" title="Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque">Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rifa%27i_Mosque" title="Al-Rifa'i Mosque">Al-Rifa'i Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Khayrbak_Funerary_Complex" title="Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex">Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqsunqur_Mosque" title="Aqsunqur Mosque">Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juyushi_Mosque" title="Juyushi Mosque">Juyushi Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulua_Mosque" title="Lulua Mosque">Lulua Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_Sarghatmish" title="Madrasa of Sarghatmish">Madrasa of Sarghatmish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_Umm_al-Sultan_Sha%27ban" title="Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban">Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_Uljay_al-Yusufi" title="Madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi">Madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrasa_of_Amir_Sunqur_Sa%27di" title="Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di">Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashhad_of_Sayyida_Ruqayya" title="Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya">Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Imam_al-Shafi%27i" title="Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i">Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Amir_Qawsun" title="Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun">Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Tarabay_al-Sharifi" title="Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi">Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_and_Khanqah_of_Shaykhu" title="Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu">Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Amir_al-Maridani" title="Mosque of Amir al-Maridani">Mosque of Amir al-Maridani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_and_Mausoleum_of_Amir_Ahmad_al-Mihmandar" title="Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar">Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Qijmas_al-Ishaqi_Mosque" title="Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque">Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Aslam_al-Silahdar" title="Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar">Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Ibn_Tulun" title="Mosque of Ibn Tulun">Mosque of Ibn Tulun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Khushqadam_el-Ahmadi" title="Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi">Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_al-Kurdi_Mosque" title="Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque">Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Muhammad_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosque of Muhammad Ali">Mosque of Muhammad Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Qani-Bay" title="Mosque of Qani-Bay">Mosque of Qani-Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Qanibay_al-Muhammadi" title="Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi">Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Qaytbay_(Qal%27at_al-Kabsh)" title="Mosque of Qaytbay (Qal'at al-Kabsh)">Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulayman_Pasha_Mosque" title="Sulayman Pasha Mosque">Mosque of Sulayman Pasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Taghribirdi" title="Mosque of Taghribirdi">Mosque of Taghribirdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_Ulmas_al-Hajib" title="Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib">Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque-Madrasa_of_Sultan_Hassan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan">Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayeda_Aisha_Mosque" title="Sayeda Aisha Mosque">Sayeda Aisha Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sayeda_Nafeesah_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque">Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyidah_Zainab_Mosque,_Cairo" title="Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo">Sayyidah Zainab Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultaniyya_Mausoleum" title="Sultaniyya Mausoleum">Sultaniyya Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Salar_and_Sangar-al-Gawli" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli">Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Gawhara_Palace" title="Al-Gawhara Palace">Al-Gawhara Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Taz_Palace" title="Amir Taz Palace">Amir Taz Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carriage_Museum_(Egypt)" title="Carriage Museum (Egypt)">Carriage Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_National_Military_Museum" title="Egyptian National Military Museum">Egyptian National Military Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayer-Anderson_Museum" title="Gayer-Anderson Museum">Gayer-Anderson Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Alin_Aq_Palace" title="Amir Alin Aq Palace">Amir Alin Aq Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayt_al-Razzaz_palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayt al-Razzaz palace">Bayt al-Razzaz Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayt_al-Sinnari" title="Bayt al-Sinnari">Bayt al-Sinnari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_Citadel" title="Cairo Citadel">Cairo Citadel</a></li> <li><a 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