Cairo
Shaykh Mustafa Abd al-Raziq studied at al-Azhar and in France, taught philosophy at Cairo University and served as Minister of Awqaf before becoming Shaykh…
Shaykh Mustafa Abd al-Raziq studied at al-Azhar and in France, taught philosophy at Cairo University and served as Minister of Awqaf before becoming Shaykh al-Azhar in 1945. He is regarded as a founder of the modern study of Islamic philosophy in Egypt, and he passed away in 1947. He is buried in his family's tomb in the Qarafa south of the Citadel, with his father Hasan and his brother Ali.