Majallat Al Azhar

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.

Majallat Al Azhar
Former editorsAhmad Hasan Al Zayyat
CategoriesIslamic magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1931
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic
ISSN1110-4945

History and profile

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
  1. 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.
  2. "'al-Azhar' from Oxford Islamic Studies Online". Muslim Journeys. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Gabriel R. Warburg (April 1982). "Islam and Politics in Egypt: 1952-80". Middle Eastern Studies. 18 (2): 136. doi:10.1080/00263208208700502.
  5. Kate Zebiri (1991). "Shayk Mahmud Shaltut: Between Tradition and Modernity". Journal of Islamic Studies. 2 (2): 212, 215. JSTOR 26196556.
  6. 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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