The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, strongly ...

CAIRO — They came by the thousands, pouring through the ancient stone archways and into the gleaming white marble courtyard of al-Azhar mosque. The faithful had come to pray, to hear a ...

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.

President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb inaugurate the restoration of the Al-Azhar Mosque, which lasted 3 years on March 06, 2018 ...

The beginning of the institution that today combines the mosque and the university is starkly different from its modern-day form. In 988 AD, the first call to prayer echoed from the new Al-Azhar ...

al-Azhar mosque. Pope Francis meets top Sunni cleric after five-year freeze. Pope Francis has met the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year pause in dialogue between the Roman ...

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

Manama, Mar. 8 (BNA): Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa, President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA), sent a cable of congratulations to His Eminence Professor Dr.

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, which is widely regarded as the world's highest authority on Sunni Islamic theology and sharia law, issued a religious judgement (or fatwa) criticizing liberal ...

President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb inaugurate the restoration of the Al-Azhar Mosque, which lasted 3 years on March 06, 2018 ...