Al-Azhar
Court upholds al-Azhar’s decision on female-to-female education
Egypt
August 31, 2015
Court upholds al-Azhar’s decision on female-to-female education
The administrative court in Alexandria upheld on Monday an earlier decision that had been made by the Grand Sheikh of…
Al-Azhar professor: ‘Intellectuals’ should be excluded from religious reform debates
Egypt
August 23, 2015
Al-Azhar professor: ‘Intellectuals’ should be excluded from religious reform debates
An al-Azhar professor has said that what he called “intellectuals” should not be engaged in debates over the reforms that…
Muslim forum in Egypt urges moderation in issuing fatwas
Egypt
August 18, 2015
Muslim forum in Egypt urges moderation in issuing fatwas
Leading Muslim clerics meeting in Cairo on Tuesday called for moderation in issuing religious edicts, in an attempt to counter…
Al-Azhar: Amnesty International’s move to decriminalize prostitution ‘satanic’
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Al-Azhar: Amnesty International’s move to decriminalize prostitution ‘satanic’
Al-Azhar has condemned Amnesty International’s recent move to push for decriminalization of sex workers, calling it “satanic”, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. In…
Al Azhar Grand Imam meets UAE media delegation, lauds UAE funded projects, new UAE anti-discrimination law
Egypt
August 8, 2015
Al Azhar Grand Imam meets UAE media delegation, lauds UAE funded projects, new UAE anti-discrimination law
Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, received a media delegation from the United Arab Emirates headed by His…
Al-Azhar condemns southeast Turkey’s bombings
Egypt
July 21, 2015
Al-Azhar condemns southeast Turkey’s bombings
Al-Azhar has condemned the terrorist bombings which occurred on the Turkish border district of Suruc in the southeastern province of…
Sisi reiterates need for better understanding of Islam
Egypt
July 14, 2015
Sisi reiterates need for better understanding of Islam
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has renewed his call for revolutionizing the understanding of Islam to counter terrorist and extremist thought,…
Al-Azhar: Caliphate rule is not an Islamic fundamental
Egypt
July 6, 2015
Al-Azhar: Caliphate rule is not an Islamic fundamental
Caliphate rule is not a pillar of Islam, but rather an organizational option, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb…
Al-Azhar rebuffs WikiLeaks claim of institution’s dependency
Egypt
June 21, 2015
Al-Azhar rebuffs WikiLeaks claim of institution’s dependency
Al-Azhar has rejected claims of its dependency on Gulf countries as alleged by documents on the Wikileaks website, which recently…
Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar: We were the first to call for renewing Islamic thought
Egypt
June 3, 2015
Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar: We were the first to call for renewing Islamic thought
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb, at a meeting with intellectuals and scholars dedicated to the ways tofprotecting the…