From Cairo to Samarra - Mohammad Sagha

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Boroujerdi (d. 1961) was one
of the leading Shi’a scholars of the mid-twentieth century. His
enthusiastic support for Islamic intra-faith dialogue, along
with his Sunni colleagues at al-Azhar in Egypt, launched the
project of taqrib and a flourishing of high-level scholarly exchange between Muslim scholars.

The al-Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo is one of the most
important educational centers in the Sunni world. It was founded by
the Shi’a Isma’ili Fatimid dynasty in the 4th/9th century and likely
derives its name from Fatimah al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet
Muhammad. Al-Azhar thrived under various dynasties up until the
modern period as a center for Islamic learning.

Sagha, Mohammad. “From Cairo to Samarra: The Transnational Scholarly Reception of the Taqrib Project,” in Legacies of Islamic Ecumenicism: Taqrib, Shi'a-Sunni Relations, and Globalized Politics in the Middle East. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. May, 2021.

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Date: 05/2021