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Authority over Azhar Mosque transferred from ministry to Azhar institution Al-Azhar Mosque is henceforth to follow Al-Azhar Institution, not the Ministry of Religious Endowments
Minister of Religious Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa decided on Monday to transfer the authority over Al-Azhar Mosque to Al-Azhar Institution, the oldest seat of Sunni Islam, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic news website. The historic mosque, as all other mosques in Egypt, had hitherto operated under the authority of the Ministry of Religious Endowments. Al-Azhar Mosque will henceforth follow Al-Azhar Institution theologically, administratively and financially. Gomaa said in a conference for Islamic preachers, held under the auspices of Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, that the ministry's committee for religious affairs met and took the decision in response to a letter sent by Al-Azhar Institution Deputy Imam Abbas Shuman. Located in Islamic Cairo, Al-Azhar Mosque was constructed in the 10th century as per the Fatimid Caliphate's commission. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/90947.aspx