His principal purpose is to take part in an interfaith dialogue with Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, who heads el-Azhar, the ancient center of Sunni Muslim learning.

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 ...

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Al-Azhar has strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack that targeted the Mar Elias Church in the Al-Duwaila’a area east ...

El Azhary has another job too. He's adviser to Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on religious affairs. And that, he says, will help Azhar's influence.

Serbian Prime Minister Duro Mascut expressed his pleasure on Wednesday at meeting the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, affirming Serbia’s interest in deepening its relationship with ...

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.

Officially the crisis was caused by El-Azhar University student riots (and Farouk’s anger at not being informed) when diplomatic relations were broken with Vichy.

Al-Azhar says it has initiated a reform of its curricula and introduced changes to its texts. Nevertheless, these reforms seem to be coming short of Sisi’s expectations.

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.