A Muslim prays during Maghrib (evening) prayer on the night of the Hijri New Year, also known as Islamic new year (Ras al-Sanah al-Hijriya), at Al Azhar mosque in old Cairo on Nov. 14, 2012.

At Cairo's eminent Al Azhar mosque, the seat of Sunni Islamic learning and one of the oldest institutions of religious teaching in the world, regular noon prayers were truncated, running 20 ...

The 10th-century Mosque and University of Al-Azhar in Islamic Cairo re-opened this week after restoration ...

The video below shows a huge demonstration within the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, with worshippers chanting a famous slogan vowing to protect the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, a leading Islamic institution, condemned on Sunday the stabbing and killing of a Muslim worshipper in a southern France mosque, warning of escalating “white terrorism” in ...

Al-Azhar Park is ranked #14 out of 22 things to do in Cairo. See pictures and our review of Al-Azhar Park.

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif strongly condemned the statements of an Israeli official supporting the establishment of a Jewish synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

His Eminence Dr Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, received a delegation from the Abrahamic Family House at the Mashiakhet Al Azhar, Cairo, underscoring the ongoing commitment made by both ...

Egypt has inaugurated a newly restored Ottoman mosque, built by the 16th century governor Suleyman Pasha al-Khadim, that lies within the citadel that has dominated Cairo's skyline for centuries.

Imam Hussein bin Ali Mosque, located in Old Cairo in the neighborhood named after the Imam (Al-Hussein neighborhood) and next to the mosque there is the famous Khan Al-Khalili and Al-Azhar Mosque.