ROME — U.S. President Joe Biden joined Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar, in marking the International Day of Human Fraternity on Feb. 4, stating that faith demands ...

“In our contemporary material civilization, tyranny, the crushing of the weak, arms trade, and the taking of lives have acquired unjustified moral justifications, even becoming openly celebrated,” he ...

The grand imam of Egypt's Al Azhar University said that the international community's reactions to Israel’s war on Gaza have ...

Grand Mufti of Egypt and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Nazir Mohamed Ayyad said Al-Azhar represents the nation’s scholarly memory and living religious conscience ...

Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism has warned of Israeli plans to re-establish a settlement in the northern West Bank, cautioning that the move could escalate tensions and undermine ...

As part of efforts to entrench the values of justice and fairness guaranteed by Islamic law, and in conjunction with the conference “Investing Religious and Media Discourse and Its Impact on ...

Al-Azhar has released the third video in its “Awareness” campaign, aiming at confronting extremist ideologies and refuting misconceptions on the sources of Islamic legislation. The new video, posted ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has moved to curb one of the last bastions of Muslim Brotherhood dissent with sweeping new rules to curtail violent protest at Al Azhar University, among the world's most ...

Cairo, April 30 (Petra)-- Jordan’s Ambassador in Cairo, Amjad Al-Adaileh, affirmed the Kingdom’s pride in its strong and longstanding relations with Al-Azhar and its religious and academic ...

“Al Hassan and Al Hussein”, a series showing Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussein (AS) as having good relations with Muawiyah, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs, is scheduled to be aired on ...

d scientific cooperation with the Netherlands. During a meeting with Egypt's newly-appointed Ambassador in Amsterdam Hatem Abdel Qader, Tayyeb noted that the Al-Azhar academy for training imams and ...