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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
3/25/2023 6:29:00 PM
Ramadan traditions have hardly changed over the centuries, but as Dina Al-Mahdy finds out, each part of Egypt has its own customs and festivities.
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World
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Region
2/23/2023 2:23:03 PM
Ahmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel, has died at age 85.
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World
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International
2/1/2023 5:05:11 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Wednesday that Turkey won't allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as the Scandinavian country permits protests desecrating Islam's holy book to take place.
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World
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International
1/30/2023 1:47:55 PM
Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in the country's capital on Monday to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.
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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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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/24/2023 7:29:20 PM
Egypt strongly condemned on Tuesday the tearing of a part of a copy of the Quran by a leader of an extremist movement in the Netherlands, warning that the action fuels hate speech.
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World
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International
1/22/2023 8:05:00 PM
The United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) has condemned the "vile" act of burning the Quran in Sweden on Saturday by a far-right party leader.
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World
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Region
1/22/2023 5:58:13 PM
Outrage over a Quran-burning protest in Sweden produced a second day of protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries.
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World
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International
1/22/2023 3:23:06 PM
Sweden's prime minister has condemned as "deeply disrespectful" the weekend burning of a Quran in Stockholm, which has raised tensions with Turkey as the Nordic country courts Ankara over its NATO bid.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/21/2023 10:58:24 PM
Egypt has strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the Noble Quran by an extremist on Saturday in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, as a “disgraceful act”.
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World
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Region
11/30/2022 6:57:02 PM
The Islamic State terrorist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement.
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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
6/24/2022 7:05:09 PM
Saudi authorities have released a member of the country's Shia minority who was arrested at age 13 and had risked the death penalty, a human rights group said on Friday.
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Egypt
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Society
4/18/2022 11:54:06 PM
Al-Azhar condemned extremist right-wing “terrorists” for burning the Holy Quran in Sweden, calling for the enactment of international legislation to prevent the desecration of religious sanctities.
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World
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Region
4/18/2022 6:18:35 PM
Muslim countries and leading Islamic bodies condemned plans by far-right groups to burn the holy Quran in cities across Sweden.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/18/2022 6:07:59 PM
Egypt condemned the desecration of the Quran by a group of right-wing extremists in Sweden, saying the act has “inflamed the feelings of Muslims around the world during the holy month of Ramadan.”
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World
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International
4/18/2022 1:49:12 PM
Sweden has arrested 26 people after weekend clashes between police and protesters rallying against plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Quran, police said on Monday.
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World
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International
4/18/2022 1:16:40 PM
Swedish police said they fired warning shots during a riot in an eastern city to disperse protesters angry about demonstrations over the past several days by a Danish anti-Islam group in Sweden. Three people were slightly injured during the clashes.
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