Al-Azhar

The meeting between several declared and potential presidential candidates and political parties at Al-Azhar on Wednesday dominates much of Thursday's…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has invited active political groups for an urgent meeting on Wednesday at his office to…

Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on…

Al-Azhar, the highest religious authority in the Sunni Muslim world, demanded on Monday that the Syrian government put an end…

In an apparent reversal of his previous stance, potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei said he is not against holding elections…

Al-Azhar rejects US legislation that created a special envoy for Middle East minority affairs, it said on Tuesday. In a…

In an unprecedented showing, tens of thousands of Islamists rallied in Tahrir Square last weekend to affirm their commitment to…

Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb met on Tuesday with two Shia delegations from Hizbullah and Iran, the latter handing…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb on Monday called on all political powers to reject the branding of any political group…

Capitalizing on the current revolutionary mood, thousands of state-sanctioned preachers are expected to take to the streets on Saturday to…