All posts tagged "Al-Azhar"

  The Azhar Imam, Ahmed al-Tayeb, condemned the restrictions imposed on non-Muslims during the holy month of...

Egypt has a stray animal population problem –  with the canine population estimated to be at 15...

Cairo is known to have some of the oldest and most beautiful mosques in the world. While...

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Monday evening that 26 Palestinians, among them nine children, have been...

On Friday 7 May, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar (the world’s leading Islamic Sunni authority) Sheikh Ahmed...

The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic authority, released a statement on Saturday condemning...

The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Islamic authority, condemned on Thursday the terrorist attack...

With the escalation of Ahmed Bassam Zaki’s streak of assault and rape, a renewed wave of support...

In response to the public health threats posed by the rapid spread of the coronavirus, Egypt’s two...

Pope Francis received on Friday in the Vatican the Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar of Egypt...

Everyday, we walk past people we do not know: the butcher at the market, the young man...

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....

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...