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.

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 ...

Muslims shout out slogans as they protest Israel's retaliation against Gaza after Hamas' attack on Israel at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt on Oct. 13, 2023. Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

A massive gathering took place at Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Friday. The crowd loudly chanted pledges to “sacrifice our blood and our souls” in the fight against Israel.

Al Azhar pays all its students a regular salary (from $2 to $12 a month) instead of charging them tuition. It gets £350,000 a year from the Egyptian government, is also heavily endowed by wealthy ...

One of the world's leading Islamic clerics on Friday called for dialogue between the faith's two main currents to settle sectarian differences, in an address to religious leaders including Pope ...

ABU DHABI, 7th March, 2025 (WAM) – The Muslim Council of Elders extends its heartfelt congratulations to His Eminence Professor Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the ...

The Al-Azhar Masjid in District Six, Cape Town, has been placed on high alert after receiving a message over the weekend warning of a planned bomb attack on the city’s second oldest mosque. The mosque ...