Worshippers walk and gather across the white marble courtyard of Al-Azhar Mosque (Gami' Al-Azhar Al-Sharif) in Islamic Cairo during Friday Prayer (Salat Al-Jumu'ah). The facade shows the mosque's iconic Mamluk and Fatimid stone arches, ornamental medallions, and multiple minarets rising against a clear blue sky. Al-Azhar, founded in 970 AD, is one of the oldest mosques in Egypt and home to Al-Azhar University, the world's foremost institution of Sunni Islamic scholarship.