Al-Azhar

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…

In response to a report that the news conference held after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s meeting with Al-Azhar’s grand sheikh…

The Alexandria Administrative Court banned Wednesday the issuance of religious edicts or fatwas from organizations with the exception Al-Azhar and…

  Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb has ordered an urgent investigation into allegations related to unspecified sexual harassment within Al-Azhar…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution has summoned author Youssef Zeydan for interrogation over a complaint by Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy,…