Al-Azhar

The Egyptian cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law on the election of the grand sheikh of Al-Azhar, the highest…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb will deliver a statement from Tahrir Square on 25 January, the anniversary of the outbreak…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb broke with strict traditional interpretations of Islamic law on Sunday by arguing that people have…

Egypt's prestigious seat of Sunni learning, Al-Azhar, condemned on Friday an incident of what appears to be American forces urinating…

It’s all about spirit in Thursday’s newspapers, namely the spirit of revolution, which apparently has been lost and will now…

Egypt's three major churches and the Maspero Youth Union have come out in support of Al-Azhar's proposed basic freedoms document,…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has called on Egypt’s military rulers to accelerate their handover of power to civilians. In…

Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier Islamic institution, has issued a document on basic freedoms to serve as the basis of the new…

The draft bill proposed by leaders of Al-Azhar to reform the oldest Sunni Muslim institution has sparked controversy among some…

Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb met with legal expert Tarek al-Bishry on Tuesday to put the final touches on a draft…