Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Grand Mufti Shawky Allam will attend on Tuesday a celebration marking Isra and Mi'raj anniversary.

The head of the parliamentary religious committee, Osama el Abd, and the head of Niqabat al Ashraaf, Mahmoud el Sherif, will attend the event along with a number of top religious and Azhar figures.

Isra and Mi'raj, also known as Al Isra' wal Miraj, is observed on the 27th day of the month of Rajab, the seventh month in the Islamic calendar. This event marks the night that Allah (God) took Mohammad (also known as Mohamed or Muhammed) on a journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then to heaven.

Source: MENA