But within Egypt and across the region, the real source of fears that the country is careening toward theocracy lies in an unlikely place: the ancient stone corridors of al-Azhar, a Cairo ...

Co-opted for decades by irreligious and autocratic Egyptian governments, al-Azhar was retaking its rightful place as the world’s leading voice of Sunni Islam, worshipers said. The presence of a ...

Egypt's ancient al-Azhar mosque has been an unrivaled touchstone of Islamic thinking, guiding the devout and educating millions through its distinguished university and education system.

The Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian officials hope that when President Barack Obama addresses the Muslim world in a speech from Cairo next month, he will choose the 1,000-year-old mosque ...

In the age of algorithms and 15-second reels, a new kind of religious voice is echoing across the Middle East and North ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar has condemned the Islamophobic attack that resulted in the fatal stabbing of Algerian student Rahma Ayat in Hanover, Germany, on 15 July.The prominent Islamic institut ...

Egypt Independent August 27, 2024 Al-Azhar Al-Sharif strongly condemned the statements of an Israeli official supporting the establishment of a Jewish synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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 ...

The seminar is part of the ICRC Egypt delegation’s ongoing collaboration with Al-Azhar and is also part of the broader dialogue the ICRC maintains with Islamic intellectuals and academics worldwide, ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Muslim learning, called Monday on the free people of the world and international organizations to break the Israeli siege of Gaza’s hospitals. In a ...