All posts tagged "Al-Azhar"

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam announced on Thursday the launch of the first ‘Global Fatwa Index’ which...

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry of Affairs has released a statement on Saturday in which it rejected the...

Authoritarian regimes and religious institutions in the Muslim majority world see eye-to-eye on the topic of atheism. United by their fear of losing control over their populations and their desire for conformity, consecutive governments have pushed for unfair restrictions on their subjects’ beliefs since their inception. But even in society, non-belief remains...

Although becoming increasingly common, divorce remains a stigma in Egyptian society. Accordingly, Mahasan Saber’s ‘’Radio Divorcees’’ (Motakalat...

Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb condemned on Friday the terrorist attack on Mar Mina Church in Helwan, located in Greater Cairo. The attack left at least 9 dead and another 10 wounded. The victims of the attack included policemen and worshipers. Al-Tayeb stressed that the reasons behind the repeated occurrence of terrorist...

The hijab, or headscarf, has emerged as a subject of heated debate not only in Egypt but...

The Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb to lead Friday prayers at al-Rawda mosque in Egypt’s North...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the world’s top Sunni Islamic authority, condemned on Friday the terrorist attack on a mosque in North Sinai...

Mohamed Hussein El-Mahrsawy was appointed the acting President of Al-Azhar University by Grand Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb after...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, delivered a speech on Friday at Al-Azhar International Peace...

Pope Francis arrived in Egypt on Friday afternoon in his first ever papal trip to the country....

Dr Abbas Shuman, the Deputy of Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh,  has called for the death penalty to be imposed...

By: Osama Sayed A Cairo court sentenced Sheikh Mohamed Abdallah Nasr to five years in prison on...

Pope Francis will visit Egypt’s capital city in April at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

The Council of Senior Clerics, affiliated with Egypt’s Al-Azhar, upheld the validity of verbal divorce in a...

Egypt’s Parliament has responded to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s calls for an urgent bill to reform the law...

Al-Azhar, the top Sunni Islamic authority, rejected on Tuesday an Egyptian government order that all Muslim clerics...