Al-Azhar to Open Islamic Sciences College in Chechnya

Egypt’s al-Azhar Islamic Center has plans to establish a college of Islamic sciences in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya.

According to al-Yawm al-Sabi daily, the construction of the college is expected to begin in a few days.
The decision for establishing the college came after a visit by Chechnya’s Grand Mufti to Egypt earlier this year.
During the visit, he met with a number of al-Azhar officials including Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the grand sheikh of al-Azhar.
Al-Tayyeb in that meeting voiced the center’s readiness for helping Chechnya Muslims in teaching the Arabic language and Islamic sciences.

Chechnya is a Russian republic where more than 95 percent of the population is Muslim.
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