Al-Azhar University's connection to Obama's Historic speech to the Muslim World.

After reading this on NPR,

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104745607

 

I did some research on Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and read that it was founded by Imam Moiz AS in the 9th Century:

http://archive.mumineen.org/awliya/aimmat/e_imammoiz.html

 

Please note that the speech was delivered at University of Cairo and not Al-Azhar. The reason mentioned was the fact that Al-Azhar is located in part of Cairo called the medieval Cairo and it was difficult for security to lock-down the Old Town.