Public Lecture by Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia at Al Azhar Conference Centre, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

To speak in the hallowed halls of Al Azhar University is among the rarest and most singular honours in the life of any Muslim. For over a thousand years, Al Azhar has been a beacon of discovery. Here, a renaissance flourished long before the term was in vogue, an enlightenment ignited before the Age of Reason dawned upon the West. Here resides a millennium of accumulated learning, where men and women of wisdom have long strived to understand the Word of God, the teachings of the Prophet, and the mysteries of the universe.