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Egypt investigates new student food poisoning case
A security official says that Egyptian authorities are investigating a new case of food poisoning at Al-Azhar, Cairo's centuries-old seat of Sunni Muslim ...
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Egypt's pope sharply criticizes president
Egypt's Coptic Christian pope delivered an unprecedented direct criticism of the Islamist president Tuesday after a mob attack on the church's main cathed...
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| Al-Azhar University | |
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| جامعة الأزهر (الشريف) Jāmiʻat al-Azhar (al-Sharīf) |
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 Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Egypt |
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| Established | 970~972 |
| Type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | Sunni Islam1 |
| President | Usama al-Abd |
| Location |  Cairo, Egypt30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E / 30.04583°N 31.26250°ECoordinates: 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E / 30.04583°N 31.26250°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.alazhar.gov.eg/ |
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1Between 972 and 1171 CE, al-Azhar followed the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam |
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