Al Azhar undersecretary Abbas Shoman inaugurated the first training course to renew the religious discourse and thinking at Al Azhar Mosque on Sunday.

Al Azhar, the highest Sunni institution in the Arab world, is preparing a group of preachers for the renewal of the religious discourse, Shoman said.

New educational curricula will be taught as of the new academic year and will be reviewed every three years, he said.