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 ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar Islamic Center and the Muslim Council of Elders issued separate statements, strongly condemning the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...