Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque marks 1085th anniversary

Students and Muslims from different countries gather in the courtyard of the Al-Azhar mosque in Egypt, Cairo, to pray before breaking their fast and to mark the 1085th anniversary of its establishment, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.  

The Supreme Council of Al-Azhar decided in May 2018 to consider the 7th of Ramadan an annual day to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Al-Azhar Mosque. Cairo’s historic Al-Azhar Mosque was the first artistic architectural building constructed by the Fatimids, the Islamic dynasty that ruled Egypt, North Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula from the tenth to the twelfth centuries.