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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/24/2023 10:38:39 PM
Al-Azhar condemned recent statements by a French official who linked Sunni Islam to terrorism and claimed it posed the greatest risk to France and Europe, describing them as “irresponsible and ignorant.”
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
5/23/2023 7:00:35 PM
The world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, located in Egypt, Al-Azhar, showed support for Egyptian striker Mostafa Mohamed after being fined by his French club Nantes for refusing to participate in the league's recent anti-homophobia campaign.
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World
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International
5/20/2023 4:15:52 PM
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin declared that "sunni terrorism" is the most significant threat to France and Europe, during his visit to the US on Friday.
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World
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Region
4/20/2023 10:48:55 PM
Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines, and other Sunni Muslim countries announced Thursday the holiday of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Ramadan fast will begin on Friday.
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Egypt
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Society
3/31/2023 1:55:41 PM
The Islamic Research Academy (AIRA) of Egypt's Al-Azhar – the world's leading Sunni Muslim religious institution – has joined the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in their global Ramadan campaign to provide urgent relief to refugees and forcibly displaced people around the world.
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Egypt
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Society
3/30/2023 7:25:57 PM
Al-Azhar, the world's most prestigious seat of Sunni learning, celebrated its 1083rd Hijri anniversary on Wednesday, with Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb hailing the institution as the "centre of Quranic and Sunnah wisdom”
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Egypt
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Society
3/18/2023 10:35:11 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, said it categorically rejects calls for merging the three divine religions -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - under the umbrella of “One Abrahamic Religion”, but reaffirmed its keenness on promoting human cooperation between the followers of different faiths.
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World
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International
1/31/2023 11:06:41 AM
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 88 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault, on a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years.
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World
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International
1/30/2023 7:30:00 PM
A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said.
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Egypt
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Society
1/25/2023 1:10:49 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar – the world's leading Sunni Muslim religious institution – has called on the Arab and Muslim peoples to boycott all Dutch and Swedish products and to take a strong and unified stance in support of the Quran, read a statement on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
12/9/2022 7:23:47 PM
A Sunni cleric in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan was kidnapped and killed, the authorities said Friday -- the latest deadly incident in a region rocked by unrest.
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World
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Region
12/2/2022 4:05:58 PM
Women in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, in what a rights group called a "rare" move for women in the staunchly conservative Sunni Muslim province.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/4/2022 4:00:48 PM
Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, called for ending the Russia-Ukraine war and halting ongoing fighting in various areas worldwide.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/20/2022 8:42:40 PM
Al-Azhar – the Sunni Muslim world’s top religious institution – welcomed on Thursday Australia’s recent reversal of its 2018 recognition of West Jerusalem (known in Arabic as ‘Al-Quds Al-Gharbiya’) as Israel’s capital.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/11/2022 7:11:49 PM
Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s top religious institution, has condemned Israeli settlers for tearing and burning copies of the Holy Quran in Hebron as an act of "Zionist barbarism and racism', decrying the international community's silence.
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World
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Region
6/9/2022 12:00:43 PM
Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn't have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/6/2022 2:07:26 PM
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, has condemned and denounced the derogatory remarks made by spokesperson of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on his Twitter page against the Prophet Muhammad and his wife Aisha.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/23/2022 10:18:00 AM
Iraq’s Sunni Arabs need an efficient leadership and a coherent strategy to influence the country’s mainstream national politics.
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World
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Region
4/29/2022 1:11:57 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince to "develop" relations in his first visit since the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi drove a wedge between the Sunni powers.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/12/2022 10:36:00 AM
Once marginalised and excluded, Iraq’s Sunnis are now flexing their political muscle amid a sharp Shia split.
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