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World
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Region
11/10/2024 9:37:44 PM
At least five members of Iran's security forces were killed Sunday in a "terror attack" in the restive southeast, where authorities have been conducting operations against rebels, local media reported.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/19/2024 12:03:31 PM
Al-Azhar, the highest institution of Sunni Islam, mourned the heroic “martyrs of the Palestinian resistance,” rejecting labels of terrorism imposed by "the criminal hand of Zionism," according to a statement issued on Friday.
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World
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Region
9/25/2024 5:45:24 PM
The Iranian parliament on Wednesday blocked the appointment of a politician from the Sunni minority as vice president, state media reported.
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World
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Region
9/18/2024 2:52:25 PM
Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday nominated a member of the Sunni Muslim minority to be governor of Kurdistan province, official media reported.
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World
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Region
8/26/2024 10:14:52 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday named a politician from the Sunni minority as his vice president for rural development, official media reported.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/25/2024 10:41:29 PM
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world's largest Sunni Islamic institution, has strongly condemned the recent Israeli military attacks on Lebanon, warning of their impact on regional stability.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/8/2024 10:56:20 AM
Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the world’s most influential Sunni Islamic institution, condemned on Wednesday the far-right attacks on Muslims and mosques in the UK, praising the stance of the British government in confronting hostility against Muslims.
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Egypt
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Society
7/31/2024 8:44:40 PM
Al-Azhar, the world's leading Islamic Sunni institution, strongly condemned on Wednesday the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas' Political Bureau, in Tehran earlier Wednesday describing it as a “heinous crime committed by a treacherous occupying entity”
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/28/2024 9:36:22 PM
Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, strongly condemned on Sunday the scenes portraying the prophet 'Isa' (Jesus Christ) in a manner deemed disrespectful and offensive during the opening ceremony of the "Paris 2024" Olympic Games.
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Opinion
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6/30/2024 12:22:00 PM
What would Egypt have been like today in the absence of the 30 June 2013 Revolution
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/24/2024 12:59:59 PM
Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, welcomed on Thursday the announcement of Norway, Ireland, and Spain to officially recognize the State of Palestine, effective 28 May.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/20/2024 2:42:15 PM
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, has extended condolences to the Iranian people following the tragic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/30/2024 11:35:20 AM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb said the Sunni Islamic institution is ready to establish an Arabic language teaching centre in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, to teach Muslim children the Quran language and help them maintain their Islamic identity.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/24/2024 9:23:20 PM
Following the discovery of mass graves in Nasser and Al-Shifa hospitals in Gaza, the world’s most influential Sunni Islamic institution Al-Azhar called for an international trial for the Israeli occupation.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/6/2024 10:32:09 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb affirmed to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan the depth of the relations between Al-Azhar and Armenia, highlighting the leading Sunni Islamic institution's longstanding support to the Armenian cause.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/20/2024 8:35:58 PM
Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, announced on Saturday the Sunni Islamic institution’s complete solidarity with Somalia in preserving its territorial unity, condemning external attempts to destabilize it, in his meeting with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud in Cairo.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/14/2023 9:29:00 PM
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Terrorism, the monitoring unit of the world's leading Sunni Islamic authority Al-Azhar, denounced the recent remarks made by Rabbi Uzi Sharbaf, a well-known Zionist figure, who alleged that the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza aims “to continue liberating the land of Israel in Gaza and its milieu.”
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/9/2023 8:18:23 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, has welcomed the recently passed law by the Danish Parliament that criminalizes the burning of the Holy Quran — an incident that has recently occurred repeatedly in the West, including Denmark.
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World
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Region
11/14/2023 5:45:51 PM
Iraq's top court said on Tuesday it was dismissing Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbussi, an influential Sunni Muslim politician, after a lawmaker's complaint over the alleged "falsification" of a document.
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Egypt
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Society
10/22/2023 4:28:53 PM
The Fatwa Centre of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic institution, issued a statement on Sunday that it is permissible for Muslims to give Zakat (charitable alms) to assist Palestinians suffering the effects of Israeli attacks.
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