Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prince Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inaugurated on Tuesday the renovated Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo The renovations took three years following ...

The Imam of al Azhar, currently Ahmed al Tayyeb, is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority the 1.5-billion strong Sunni Muslim world and oversees Egypt's al-Azhar Mosque and the ...

Today, Al-Azhar comprises the mosque and the university. “Rings” of studies on Islamic jurisprudence held in the mosque’s courtyard would later grow into colleges, which would become the ...

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.

Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt has died at age 81. Reactions to his death in Middle East blogs have varied from mourning to critical recollections of ...

The Imam of al Azhar, currently Ahmed al Tayyeb, is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority the 1.5-billion strong Sunni Muslim world and oversees Egypt's al-Azhar Mosque and the ...

Solidarity protests erupted in Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque on Friday, as worshippers took part in an unplanned demonstration after Friday prayers, chanting against the Israeli strikes on Gaza pic ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, a leading Islamic institution, condemned on Sunday the stabbing and killing of a Muslim worshipper in a southern France mosque, warning of escalating “white terrorism” in ...