Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb has called on the Yemeni people, across all factions and components, to unite and ...

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb visited Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St.

Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on one issue: the necessity of liberating Al-Azhar from government ...

The revolution that began here two years ago with calls for justice and freedom has become a rout by Islamist forces that have racked up victory upon victory at the polls. But within Egypt and across ...

For the first time in its 1000-year-old history, al-Azhar, the world’s leading institution on Sunni Islam, accepted a Christian student. Abanoub Girgis Naeim, a graduate of a private university in the ...

Egypt’s parliament on Monday adjourned discussions on a controversial bill that sought to restrain the religious power of al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Islamic world. The bill, ...

Nestled in Cairo’s medieval quarter, the centuries’ old al-Azhar mosque is set to be renovated following pledges this month by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fund the restoration works.

Egypt’s government exercises substantial control of the Al-Azhar mosque and university [EPA] The controversy surrounding the legacy of Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the head of the Al-Azhar mosque ...

Flanking the eastern edge of Islamic Cairo is Al Azhar Park, one of Cairo's largest parks. Formerly an area filled with rubble, Al Azhar Park now features an array of fountains, manicured gardens, ...

Egypt has moved to close down one of the last bastions of Muslim Brotherhood dissent with sweeping new rules to curtail violent protest at Al-Azhar University, among the world's most venerable centers ...

1- Al-Azhar ancient library: The library that now exists is an extension of the ancient library referred to by historians to be found before 517 Ah -1123 AD at al-Azhar Mosque. 2- Al-Azhar Library in ...