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Islamic Research Academy

Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy (Wafa Abu Agoor)
General supervisor of the Islamic Research Academy (Abdelmenem Fawda)
Al Azhar library
Committee for Faith & Philosophy
Committee for Information on Islam

President of the Committee for Information on Islam (Fawzi Al Zafzaf)

Committee for Revival of Islamic Heritage
Committee for Sunna Research
Committee of (Fiqh) Jurisprudence Researches
Committee of al Aksa mosque
Committee of Islamic Encyclopedia
Committee of Researches on the Holy Quran
Congress of Academy
Council of Academy
Department of Islamic Missions
Directorate of da′wa and religious orientation
Directorate-General of Researches, writing of books & translation
Fatwa Committee

Member of the Fatwa Committee (Ali Gomaa)

General Secretary of the Academy

Contact Information
Web Site: http://www.alazhar.org/english/about/isres.htm
General Description
The Academy aims at renewing Islamic culture, expresses it′s opinion concerning problematic issues and helps al-Azhar University. It is the higest authority for the Islamic researches.
History
Created with law 103/1961
Constitutional Framework
Law 103/1961
Mode of Election
Shaykh al-Azhar, also head of the Academy, proposes fifty members of the highest Islamic thinkers (′Ulama) among of witch twenty are from outside of Egypt. They are then designated by decree of the President of the Republic.
(last updated: 22-February-2003)

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