Al-Azhar

At Hussein Mosque on Wednesday, Al-Azhar and Sufi leaders lashed out at the Salafis and accused them of tarnishing Islam.…

The head of Egypt's prestigious seat of Sunni Muslim learning, al-Azhar, condemned US troops' disposal of the body of Osama…

About 15,000 imams and Islamic preachers held demonstrations on Tuesday, demanding that Al-Azhar be an independent institution, and that its…

Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb announced on Tuesday that he plans to launch efforts to end bloodshed in Arab…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb announced that he and the institution he represents are willing to participate in reconciliatory efforts…

The prominent Islamic scholar Youssef al-Qaradawi leveled severe criticism at Egypt's Salafi movement, describing its thinking as both stagnant and…

A Saudi Islamic edict forbidding protests drew criticism from an Al-Azhar scholar Tuesday. Sheikh Gamal Qotb, former head of the…

Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, met on Monday with…

Egypt's highest Islamic authority, al-Azhar, on Wednesday condemned Western military "aggression" in Libya but said it supported what it called…

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb has announced that he will give back the salary he has received since…