People stand outside the ruined al-Azhar university administration building after clashes broke out during student protests in Cairo October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany By Maggie Fick ...

The Cairo-based Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's top authority, voiced concern on Monday about the infiltration of gunmen into "peaceful" protests across Egypt demanding the resignation of Islamist ...

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.

Cairo Nearly 500 students from Cairo's Al-Azhar university have been admitted to hospital with food poisoning, a senior health official said on Tuesday. Nearly 500 students from Cairo's Al-Azhar ...

CAIRO, Egypt — During the sweaty morning commute through one of Cairo’s busiest subway stations, passengers can now find the answers to some of life’s thorniest dilemmas. Al Azhar, the ...

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Sunday overturned the five-year prison sentences of 35 Al-Azhar students, ordering a retrial. The students were charged [Tasnim News Agency report] with rioting, illegal ...

While Egypt’s Al-Azhar says its recently installed kiosk offering fatwas to subway commuters is aimed at countering extremism, some see it as a sign of increasing religiosity in the country. Fatwa on ...

You can reach Al Azhar Park via taxi or on foot from Islamic 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).

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, will soon be preaching its doctrines on satellite television, a space it has previously left to Islamist parties now ...

* Al-Azhar is world seat of Sunni Islamic learning * Brotherhood seeks to make al-Azhar hub of dissent * Campus protests worry army-backed government By Maggie Fick CAIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters) – … ...