Based on the orders of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to relieve the difficult situation of the people of Somalia, General Sedky Sobhy, General Commander of Armed Forces and Minister of Defense, ordered the preparation of medical supplies and medicine...اقرأ المزيد
Muslim Egyptians are set to receive televised clarifications and explanations on Islamic religious matters from 50 religious clerics accredited by Egypt’s largest Muslim beacon, Al-Azhar, state-run media reported. The head of Egypt’s Supreme Council...اقرأ المزيد
Al-Azhar strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted pedestrians on a street in New York, USA, killing eight people and injuring others. A 29-year-old man identified as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov plowed into a crowd of bicyclists and pedestrians...اقرأ المزيد
Al-Azhar, the world’s top Muslim Sunni institution, said Friday that it would lead humanitarian efforts on an international level to stop the massacre, genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. “This barbarian and inhuman events...اقرأ المزيد
Al-Azhar strongly condemned the brutal and inhumane acts committed against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, violating the teachings of all religions. Al-Azhar appealed in a statement on Sunday to the international community to put an end to these heinous...اقرأ المزيد
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb met on Monday with Egypt’s Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II, as the latter offered felicitations to the sheikh and to all Muslims on Eid al-Fitr, which starts next week. Tayyeb thanked Tawadros for the felicitations...اقرأ المزيد
Abanoub Guirguis Naeem, a Christian dental student was recently granted admission to complete his final year of experiential training at Al-Azhar’s Faculty of Dentistry in Assiut, an unprecedented rarity in the prestigious Islamic University. Naeem...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian party Future of a Nation (Mostaqbal Watan) said on Monday it has suspended the membership of Al-Azhar scholar Abdullah Roshdy, who recently described Christians as “unbelievers”, saying the scholar’s comments were defamatory. Abdullah...اقرأ المزيد
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb announced on Saturday the formation of a new committee which is assigned to prepare a new law to confront hatred and violence in the name of religion, according to a statement from the institution. Al-Tayeb assigned...اقرأ المزيد