In 2015, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi went to el Azhar and pressed the imams for a “religious revolution” to end terrorism to little avail. The grand sheikh has given him an opening.

IBRAHIM EL HOUDAIBY: Al-Azhar has significant moral capital, historical capital. But this is sort of an image of an Azhar that people are increasingly distinguishing from the current institution.

Since 1961, al-Azhar’s top official — the grand sheik — has been appointed directly by Egypt’s president. For many Egyptians, al-Azhar became just one more tool of state control.

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.

Al-Azhar Park is ranked #14 out of 22 things to do in 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).

Sharif, the world’s largest Sunni Islamic institution, has issued a forceful condemnation of Israel's ongoing actions against ...

Ahmed el-Tayeb, who holds a PhD in Islamic philosophy from the Sorbonne, is expected to be a better face for Egypt's Al Azhar University, which was once preeminent in the Sunni world.

Egypt’s Grand Imam of El-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb denounced some Western officials' insistence to use the term “Islamic terrorism,” demanding the incrimination of its use.

Haggard from loss of sleep, Farouk sought counsel of crabbed, pro-Axis Sheik Mustafa El-Maraghi, rector of the ancient Moslem University of El-Azhar. “You will not rest until you have shot a ...