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Egypt
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Society
9/27/2023 1:58:21 PM
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb promoted during the Moulid El-Nabi celebration the adoption of the “supreme law that declares equality and fraternity among people, rules between them with justice, and encourages compassion and mercy."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/11/2023 11:01:41 AM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb and President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed in Berlin ways to combat the rising wave of Islamophobia in Europe and ways to promote interfaith dialogue in societies, Al-Azhar announced.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/1/2023 8:57:50 PM
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb has called for “Islamic-Islamic” dialogue between Islamic scholars around the world, of all sects and schools, to establish unity following the frequent Quran-burning incidents in the past two months in Europe.
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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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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
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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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
3/24/2023 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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Foreign Affairs
3/15/2023 12:47:41 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb asserted that the freedom of expression ends when the sacred beliefs of others are violated in his meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Cairo on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/7/2023 11:00:17 AM
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb announced on Monday that he has given directives to send relief aid to Rohingya Muslim refugees after a devastating fire destroyed their refugee camps in Bangladesh.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/23/2022 6:45:03 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb has called for the Taliban to reconsider their decision to ban Afghan women from accessing university education, saying the decision contradicts Sharia (Islamic law).
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COP27
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Climate change
11/4/2022 4:44:30 PM
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has accompanied Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb and Pope Francis of the Vatican to plant a palm tree at Sakhir Palace to draw the world's attention to the climate change crisis and environmental issues.
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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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Society
9/20/2022 6:03:00 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb issued a decision on Monday assigning Nahla El-Saidi, the Dean of the Al-Azhar College of Islamic Sciences for International Students, as his adviser, making her the first woman appointed to this position in Egypt’s history.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/14/2022 2:00:00 AM
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awarded on Wednesday the Astana International Prize to Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb for his contribution in the field of interreligious dialogue and promoting the culture of fraternity and tolerance among different cultures and ethnicities.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/13/2022 6:45:36 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb met on Tuesday with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/9/2022 2:05:33 PM
Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, has offered his condolences to the British Royal Family, government, and the people of the United Kingdom for the death of Queen Elizabeth II, saying the late royal "dedicated her life to serving her nation and people."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/4/2022 1:38:03 PM
Upon the directive of Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the Egyptian Zakat and Charity House recently sent tens of tons of foodstuffs and medicines to Sudanese residents who were affected by the devastating floods, Egypt’s top religious authority Al-Azhar said in a statement Saturday evening.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/4/2022 10:14:54 PM
The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) denied in an official statement Thursday claims of a familial relationship between late Grand Imam Mohamed Al-Ahmadi Al-Zawahiri with Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who was killed in US drone attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on 31 July.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/25/2022 5:17:55 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb said on Wednesday that terrorism is a political phenomenon created by some Western political regimes and then attached to Judaism, Christianity and Islam for political gains and agendas.
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