Al-Azhar

Privately owned newspaper Al-Shorouk leads this morning with, “Angry cylinders explode in the government’s face.” In a swift act of…

Some 500 Egyptian students broke into the headquarters of the country's top Islamic university on Tuesday to demand the resignation…

Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb was named the top cultural figure of the year by the Sheikh Zayed Book…

Hundreds of Al-Azhar University students staged protests and blocked the road outside the premises in Nasser City Monday after dozens…

Al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars will meet next week to discuss the draft law on Islamic sukuk bonds, according to…

Al-Azhar said on Thursday its clerics must be consulted on a law allowing the state to issue sukuk (Islamic bonds),…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has called on the Iraqi government to set fair rules for all Iraqis, warning it…

Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb said Wednesday that the religious institution is cracking down on teachers guilty of forging Al-Azhar accreditation…

Nour Party President Younis Makhyoun threatened to withdraw from the national dialogue session, claiming the president had ignored his party…

Sheikh Shawky Ibrahim is due to begin his tenure as grand mufti in March, when the term of the current…