Al-Azhar

Notorious extremist groups, including the Islamic State, rely on interpretations of traditional Islamic literature in their activities, said a media…

Egypt’s Al-Azhar has urged international action to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and protect Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque from violations. The call by…

Muqtada Al-Sadr, one of Iraq’s influential Shi'ite leaders, has invited Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the top religious academy in the Sunni Islamic…

Endowments Ministry Undersecretary Mohamed Abdel Razek said the ministry will not allow celebrations for the Shi'ite Day of Ashura, during…

A newly launched social media platform called Muslimface, which describes itself as “Sharia friendly”, recently announced the wedding of two…

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has openly rejected some peoples' tendency to link Islam with terrorism, urging instead that people…

The administrative court in Alexandria upheld on Monday an earlier decision that had been made by the Grand Sheikh of…

An al-Azhar professor has said that what he called “intellectuals” should not be engaged in debates over the reforms that…

Leading Muslim clerics meeting in Cairo on Tuesday called for moderation in issuing religious edicts, in an attempt to counter…

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…