Al-Azhar al-Sharif announced that Friday prayers will be held at Al-Azhar Mosque in the presence of the mosque’s imams and workers only. The statement ensured that all precautionary measures against coronavirus will be taken. It further explained that...اقرأ المزيد
President of the Austrian National Council Wolfgang Sobotka on Monday met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and praised Egyptian efforts in eliminating terrorism, extremism and illegal immigration, Presidential spokesman Bassam Radi said. Sobotka...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Helwan University announced Friday allocating 40 scholarships in various specializations at the undergraduate and graduate levels for the year 2020/2021 to students from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Head of Helwan University Majed Najm announced...اقرأ المزيد
A new killer game ”Skull Breaker challenge” has recently spread on TikTok which caused Al-Azhar Observatory to issue a statement on Tuesday prohibiting the participation in this game due to its aggressive nature; the game can lead to death...اقرأ المزيد
Al Azhar has condemned a terrorist attack on a Protestant church in the village of Pansi in the Yagha region in Burkina Faso, which left scores of people dead and wounded. A statement issued by Al Azhar on Tuesday expressed rejection of such crimes, describing...اقرأ المزيد
Every day, 542 couples get divorced in Egypt—that’s a staggering 198,000 cases, reveal the latest figures from CAPMAS. The numbers are for 2017 and also indicate that some 38 percent of all divorces are comprised of newlywed couples married between...اقرأ المزيد
Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top religious authority, on Monday announced establishing a new religious center, as part of the national efforts to renovate religious discourse, in a way that suits life developments. During...اقرأ المزيد
A conference for Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top Islamic institution, calling for renewing religious discourse, will kick off on Monday under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The conference, dubbed “Al-Azhar International Conference on Renovation...اقرأ المزيد
The Islamic nation needs a generation of young people who are able to counter the ideology promoted by the “gangs of extremism and terrorism” that is only meant to destroy Muslim countries, former dean of the Faculty of Islamic Call at al-Azhar...اقرأ المزيد
Al-Azhar Islamic Research Center (AIRC) held a workshop on Monday for female scholars on “fatwas” related to women in a rare official move. Al-Azhar Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb has recently called for intensified training courses to qualify female...اقرأ المزيد