Egypt’s Health Ministry, Al-Azhar sign public health awareness protocol
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population signed a cooperation protocol with Al-Azhar aimed at boosting joint…
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Sisi sends letter to Nigerian president affirming strategic ties
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty on Monday evening. During…
Egypt, Nepal discuss closer economic, educational ties at UN summit
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly met his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the UN's…
Egypt, Comoros explore enhanced agricultural cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture met with Comoros' Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss agricultural cooperation…
Egypt, Comoros strengthen regional coordination, economic ties
Egypt and the Comoros are enhancing coordination in regional and international forums, with a focus on security,…
Al-Minbar: new film about Azhar role in Egypt’s decolonisation
Al-Minbar is a new film that highlights the role of Al-Azhar and its Sheikhs in the decolonisation of Egypt from…
Kazakhstan’s President awards Egypt’s Azhar imam Astana International Prize
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awarded Egypt’s Azhar Grand imam Ahmed el Tayyeb the Astana…
El-Tayyeb hails parliament for postponing vote on controversial bill regulating religious…
Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb praised the parliament after it postponed voting on a controversial draft law…
Eid prayers to be performed at home due to coronavirus: Al-Azhar
Egypt's top Sunni Muslim authority Al-Azhar said that Eid Al-Fitr prayer can be performed at home due to the…
Egypt’s Azhar to live stream Taraweeh prayers during last 10 days of Ramadan
Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque said it would live stream the evening Tarwaeeh prayers on Facebook and Youtube…
Egypt’s Azhar Grand Imam greets Pope Tawadros II on Easter
Egypt's Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has greeted Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark…
Egypt’s Al Azhar Grand Imam mourns Saudi Prince Bandar death
Egyptian Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb mourned the death of Saudi Prince Bandar bin Abdel Aziz, who passed…
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Grand Imam flies to Germany for medical treatments
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb, is travelling to Germany to conduct medical treatments.
France’s Macron wraps up first trip to Egypt’s Al-Azhar
During a visit to Egypt's Al-Azhar Sheikhdom headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron…
Al-Azhar Grand Imam visits Pope Tawadros II at Coptic Cathedral in Cairo
The Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayeb paid a visit on Wednesday to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to…
Egypt’s Al-Azhar denounces Israel’s Jewish state law
Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution on Friday denounced a new law adopted in Israel defining the country as the nation…
Al-Azhar’s figure calls on Egyptians to celebrate Easter: ‘It is mentioned in Quran’
Professor of Islamic Sharia at Al-Azhar University Ahmed Karima announced that Easter is an old traditional and…
Egypt’s Azhar strongly condemns deadly hostage-taking attack in France
Egypt's Al-Azhar strongly condemned a deadly hostage-taking incident in southern France on Friday, a…
Egypt’s Azhar holds international conference in support of Jerusalem Wednesday
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world's foremost institution of Sunni Islamic learning, is holding an international…
Al-Azhar Grand Imam gives Pope Tawadros felicitations ahead of Christmas celebrations
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb expressed felicitations on Wednesday to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox…
Head of Egypt’s Azhar cancels meeting with US vice president over Jerusalem decision
The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayyeb, has cancelled a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence…
Egypt’s Sisi orders army, police to restore order in Sinai with ‘utmost…
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ordered the Egyptian army and police forces to restore…
We cannot declare Rawda mosque attacks infidels: Egypt’s Azhar spokesman
Egypt's Al-Azhar spokesman Abbas Shuman said that the al-Rawda mosque attackers had “exposed themselves” of…
Islam’s teachings face orchestrated campaign of distortion: Egypt’s…
In a brief statement before a conference on "The role of fatwas (Islamic edicts) in stabilising society", Grand…
Egypt’s Azhar Grand Imam slams ‘calls to allow homosexuality as a human…
Egypt's Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb slammed on Tuesday what he described as calls for allowing…
Egypt’s Azhar decries ‘failure of global conscience’ on Rohingya Muslims
Egypt's Al-Azhar has condemned the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and called on…
Egypt’s Azhar Grand Imam says Islamic inheritance law is not up for reinterpretation
Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, said on Sunday that some Islamic rulings, including the laws of…
Al-Azhar condemns Barcelona terror attack
Egypt's Al-Azhar has strongly condemned a terror attack in Barcelona on Thursday that killed and injured a number…
Calls for gender equality in inheritance against Islamic teachings: Egypt’s Azhar
Egypt's Al-Azhar criticised on Tuesday an announcement by the president of Tunisia that his country is looking to…
Egypt’s Azhar to hold international conference on Jerusalem in September
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world’s highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, announced Tuesday that it would hold…
Egypt condemns Israeli actions against Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world’s highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, issued a statement on Thursday expressing…
Pope Tawadros offers Eid felicitations in Egypt’s Al-Azhar
Egypt's Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb met on Monday with Egypt’s Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II, as the…
Egypt’s Azhar Grand Sheikh denies receiving invitation to Israel
The media center of Al-Azhar has denied news circulated websites reporting that the Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb…
Egypt’s Azhar supports severing relations with Qatar
Egypt's Al-Azhar declared its full support for the decision to boycott states that support terrorism,…
Pope Francis: Egypt visit could spark Sunni-Shiite dialogue
Inter-religious dialogue is an idea that is constantly being reinvented, and despite the recent stagnation in…
Egypt’s Azhar University president dismissal creates strife
Deputy Al-Azhar University President Mohamed Mahmoud Abu Hashim has threatened to resort to the courts in protest…
Al-Azhar University president apologises for describing TV host as ‘apostate’
President of Egypt's Al-Azhar University Ahmed Hosny apologised for describing TV host Islam al-Beheiry as an…
Egypt’s Al-Azhar rejects ‘defamatory’ accusations that it fosters…
Al-Azhar's Council of Senior Scholars defended its teachings on Tuesday amid rising criticism in Egypt that its…
Pope Francis to visit Egypt on April 28
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet with Pope Francis, who will arrive in Egypt on April 28. The…
Al-Azhar sheikh calls for action on Islamophobia at Cairo inter-faith conference
The head of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, called on religious institutions in the East and West to act against…