Al-Azhar

Al-Azhar University and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Higher Education Ministry has co-produced a 3D animation educational…

A professor of Comparative Fiqh at Al-Azhar University, Saad al-Helaly, encouraged the universal celebration of Christmas, saying Muslims can celebrate…

Dozens of protesters staged a demonstration for Palestine after Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque in Cairo. The protesters chanted slogans…

Amr Salama, the prominent Egyptian director, said on Monday the General Prosecutor conducted an investigation against him because of his latest movie Sheikh…

Egypt’s Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, has rejected a meeting request by US Vice President Mike Pence in protest…

Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s dominant religious institution, and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt expressed grave concern on Tuesday over the…

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s main religious institution, asserted on Monday in a fatwa, or religious decree, that it is…

In Wednesday’s speech, marking the birth date of the Prophet Muhammad, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed the Egyptian Armed Forces’…

A Cairo prosecutor has summoned the lead actor of the recently-released Egyptian film “Sheikh Jackson,” Ahmed El-Fishawy, for questioning over…

Muslim Egyptians are set to receive televised clarifications and explanations on Islamic religious matters from 50 religious clerics accredited by Egypt’s largest…