Majallat Al Azhar
| Former editors | Ahmad Hasan Al Zayyat |
|---|---|
| Categories | Islamic magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Based in | Cairo |
| Language | Arabic |
| ISSN | 1110-4945 |
| OCLC | 1538085 |
Majallat Al Azhar (Arabic: مجلة الأزهر آذار; Journal of Al Azhar) is an Islamic publication of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, which has existed since 1931.
History and profile[edit]
The magazine was launched in 1931 under the title Nur Al Islam as a monthly publication.[1] It was renamed Majallat Al Azhar in 1935.[1] The publisher is owned by the Al Azhar University, and the headquarters is in Cairo.[2]
Majallat Al Azhar was one of the publications which opposed the reforms in the 1950s.[3] In the 1960s its editor was Ahmad Hasan Al Zayyat.[4] Mahmud Shaltut was one of the contributors of Majalla Al Azhar whose fatwas were published in the magazine.[5] In the special issue of Majalla Al Azhar dated 1978 to celebrate Al Azhar University's thousand years of establishment Yusuf Al Qaradawi was the major contributor.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Moshe Albo; Yoram Meital (2014). "The Independent Path of Shaykh al-Azhar ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd". Die Welt des Islams. 54: 164. doi:10.1163/15700607-00542p02.
- ^ "'al-Azhar' from Oxford Islamic Studies Online". Muslim Journeys. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Malika Zeghal (1999). "Religion and Politics in Egypt: The Ulema of al-Azhar, Radical Islam, and the State (1952-94)". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 31 (3): 374. doi:10.1017/S0020743800055483.
- ^ Gabriel R. Warburg (April 1982). "Islam and Politics in Egypt: 1952-80". Middle Eastern Studies. 18 (2): 136. doi:10.1080/00263208208700502.
- ^ Kate Zebiri (1991). "Shayk Mahmud Shaltut: Between Tradition and Modernity". Journal of Islamic Studies. 2 (2): 212, 215. JSTOR 26196556.
- ^ Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (2009). "Yusuf al-Qaradawi and al Azhar". In Bettina Graf; Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (eds.). Global Mufti. The Phenomenon of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. London; New York: Hirst and Columbia University Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780231700702.
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