At first the university was built by Bani Fatimid Ismaili Shiite sect that embraces, and the designation of Al-Azhar took the name of Lady Fatimah az-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. This mosque was built around 970 ~ 972. The lesson began at Al-Azhar in Ramadan in October 975, when the chief justice Abul Hasan Ali ibn al-Nu'man start teaching from the book "Al-Overview" on the topic of Shiite jurisprudence. Madrasah, where religious education, which is connected with the mosque was built in 988. Later, it was a school for Sunnis ahead of mid-century, and continues to this day preserved.
Today, the mission of the university include the spread of Islamic religion and culture. To this end, the Islamic scholars (ulama) issued edicts (fatwa) to address various issues asked of them from the Sunni Muslim world, the behavior of individuals or the right of Muslim society (for example, recently the fatwa and the ban on the clarification and against female genital mutilation). Al-Azhar also trains pedakwah appointed by the Egyptian government.
Al-Azhar library is considered the second most important in Egypt after the Egyptian National Library and Archives. Al-Azhar in partnership with ITEP, an information technology company Dubai, in May 2005 launched the Project HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for Preserving and Publishing a Manuscript of Al-Azhar Online ("Al-Azhar Online Project"); with a mission to provide online access to the public over the entire collection of rare manuscripts (consisting of about seven million pages) is owned by the library of Al-Azhar. Faculty Son
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