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.

In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The edifice, re-opened by President Abdel-Fattah Al ...

Protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza are taking place across the Arab and Muslim world following the conclusion of Friday prayers. The video below shows a huge demonstration within the Al ...

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 ...

One of the world’s largest, oldest mosques, completed in the year 879, still stands in Cairo; you might know its plaza from “The Spy Who Loved Me.” ...

The Vatican has announced it will send a representative to Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque on Sunday ahead of an official resumption of dialogue between the Catholic Church’s governing body and the ...

You can reach Al Azhar Park via taxi or on foot from Islamic Cairo. Khan el-Khalili sits around a mile away, while downtown Cairo is about 3 miles to the west (as well as the nearest Metro stop).