Al-Azhar in Egypt mourns the passing of Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashem, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars at Al-Azhar, and a ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, will soon be preaching its doctrines on satellite television, a space it has previously left to Islamist parties now ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of students from Egypt's al-Azhar University staged a third day of protests on Monday, security sources said, in one of the boldest challenges to the army since it toppled ...

Al-Azhar mosque is the most important mosques in Egypt. It is also one of the historical centers for spreading and teaching Islam as well. It is also one of the most famous ancient mosques in Egypt ...

He vows to ensure mosques transmit only the message of Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier Islamic institution that touts itself as the voice of moderation. The drive aims to go beyond any such attempts during ...

Members of the evangelical churches of Germany and Switzerland met on Wednesday with Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni Muslim authority, to discuss the Islamic institution's efforts to ...

CAIRO (AP) — Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier religious institution, chose the country’s top Islamic jurist in a direct and secret ballot on Monday that was the first such vote in six ...

Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism warned on Sunday of the grave consequences of Israel pushing through legislation that allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.