Al-Azhar

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb is facing pressure to halt issuing a document of women's rights from an…

Al-Azhar, the country’s leading Islamic authority, denounced on Tuesday two explosions that rocked the iconic Boston Marathon a day before,…

Pope Tawadros II called on Al-Azhar to expand its Family House initiative as part of efforts to boost patriotism and…

  Fifteen suspects were arrested in Khosous Saturday in connection with the deadline sectarian clashes that rocked the town last…

Al-Azhar on Thursday approved a law that would allow the country, which is struggling with a soaring budget deficit, to…

Al-Azhar’s Senior Scholars Authority held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the Shura Council’s bill on sukuk (Islamic bonds),…

Priest Suriel of the Mar Girgis Church in Khosous has said the sectarian clashes that have rocked the Qalyubiya Governorate…

  Close to 10,000 residents of Luxor and nearby governorates demonstrated in Sidi Abou al-Haggag Square in Luxor after Friday…

Al-Ahram newspaper declares that both Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah and Prime minister Hesham Qandil will remain in office. Both have…

The Supreme Council of Al-Azhar on Wednesday dismissed the head of Al-Azhar University Osama al-Abd over the mass food poisoning…