The founder of Al Azhar Mosque
Al Azhar Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Cairo and a very important place for the islamic history. Although there are thousands of mosques in Cairo, Al Azhar Mosque is the most important and unique. In 970 AD, the Fatimids built this amazing Mosque in order to worship allah and also for learning. Yes it’s a holy place for praying but over the years it became a very important center for Islamic theology and learning, people from all over the world come to learn from it.
There is a university with the same name of the mosque “Al Azhar university” that became one of the great universities where students from all over the world can learn about the history of Islam plus many other schools of thought that govern the interpretation of the Koran.
Now, the whole world respects this place as an influential moderating and regulating authority for Islamic theology.