Items related to Al-Azhar

File photo of Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb.
DPA 22 Apr 2013
Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah approved on Monday the Supreme State Funds Prosecution’s decision to keep a...
Egypt Independent 22 Apr 2013
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb is facing pressure to halt issuing a document of women's rights from...
Two explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
Egypt Independent 16 Apr 2013
Al-Azhar, the country’s leading Islamic authority, denounced on Tuesday two explosions that rocked the iconic...
<p>Pope Tawadros II (R) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Saint Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo, 10 January 2013.</p>
MENA 16 Apr 2013
Pope Tawadros II called on Al-Azhar to expand its Family House initiative as part of efforts to boost patriotism and...
Clashes ensued at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya after unknown assailants attacked a funeral there.
Egypt Independent 13 Apr 2013
  Fifteen suspects were arrested in Khosous Saturday in connection with the deadline sectarian clashes that rocked...
File photo of Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb.
Reuters 11 Apr 2013
Al-Azhar on Thursday approved a law that would allow the country, which is struggling with a soaring budget deficit, to...
File photo of Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Apr 2013
Al-Azhar’s Senior Scholars Authority held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the Shura Council’s...
Police forces securing a church in Alexandria, December 29,2011, before new year's mass.
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Egypt Independent
06 Apr 2013
Priest Suriel of the Mar Girgis Church in Khosous has said the sectarian clashes that have rocked the Qalyubiya...
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Apr 2013
  Close to 10,000 residents of Luxor and nearby governorates demonstrated in Sidi Abou al-Haggag Square in Luxor...
Heba Afify 04 Apr 2013
Al-Ahram newspaper declares that both Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah and Prime minister Hesham Qandil will remain...