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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2023 5:54:09 PM
Al-Azhar has condemned the repeated burnings of the Quran in Sweden under the guise of freedom of expression and called for “unified and serious stances” towards Sweden's “anti-Islam and anti-Muslim policies."
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
6/28/2023 12:31:38 PM
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Egypt
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Society
6/26/2023 11:41:59 AM
The Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II on Sunday sent a cable to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, then called Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb, congratulating them ahead of Eid Al-Adha.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/24/2023 5:07:01 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar strongly condemned on Saturday the recent acts of violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, expressing its unequivocal rejection of the desecration of a Quran in southern Nablus.
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Egypt
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Society
6/14/2023 8:59:57 PM
Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, stated that the policies of global domination, materialist philosophies, and unethical economic doctrines were primarily responsible for the phenomenon of terrorism -- which Islam disavows.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/3/2023 2:12:32 PM
US First Lady Jill Biden embarked on a captivating tour of Egypt's rich cultural heritage, exploring Cairo's thousand year old Al-Azhar Mosque and the Great Pyramids of Giza, during her ongoing two-day visit to the country.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/30/2023 6:42:14 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar rejects the Zionist ambition to change the temporal, spatial, and historical status quo of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its compound, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb said on Tuesday.
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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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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/8/2023 3:48:47 PM
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/6/2023 11:41:26 AM
Egypt's parliament, the Arab Parliamentary Union (APU), and Al-Azhar religious institution condemned on Wednesday Israeli police's storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and their attacks on Palestinian and Arab worshippers in violation of international law.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/5/2023 11:41:02 PM
Egypt's Al-Azhar condemned the Wednesday raid of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli police and the attack on Palestinian worshippers as "a repeat terrorist act," decrying the silence of the world community which "likes to boast about international conventions that protect places of worship."
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/1/2023 4:40:14 PM
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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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Foreign Affairs
3/27/2023 11:56:13 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar issued a strongly worded statement on Monday condemning the burning of the Holy Quran by an extremist group in Denmark on Friday outside the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
3/26/2023 11:54:36 PM
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Egypt
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Society
3/24/2023 5:53:29 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb kicked off the second season of his Ramadan TV programme Al-Imam El-Tayyeb on Thursday with a focus on women’s rights.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/22/2023 5:42:54 PM
Cairo Governor Major-General Khaled Abdel-Aal announced on Wednesday extending the operating hours of the Al-Azhar tunnel — the longest in Cairo with a length of 2.6 kilometres — during the holy month of Ramadan, which starts on Thursday 23 March.
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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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