Al Azhar
Preacher: Terrorism to be confronted with weapons, not thought
Egypt
May 26, 2015
Preacher: Terrorism to be confronted with weapons, not thought
Preacher Khaled al-Guindy, who attended the relgious discourse conference recently organized by the Endowments Ministry, believes weapons and not thought,…
Beltagy blames military for Brotherhood bloodshed
Egypt
August 12, 2013
Beltagy blames military for Brotherhood bloodshed
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed al-Beltagy said on Monday that the military intelligence is the "third party" responsible for all the…
Azhar aims to recover Quran manuscript
Archaeology
June 6, 2013
Azhar aims to recover Quran manuscript
Egypt's Al-Azhar institute said on Thursday that legal measures were underway to recover a Quranic manuscript taken from Cairo in…
Al-Azhar to issue reform document for Arab world
Egypt
September 11, 2011
Al-Azhar to issue reform document for Arab world
Al-Azhar is in the process of preparing a document that includes a vision for reforms and achieving democracy in the…
Al-Azhar and state officials stay away from Islamic thinker’s funeral
Egypt
September 28, 2010
Al-Azhar and state officials stay away from Islamic thinker’s funeral
Hundreds of people yesterday attended the funeral for Islamic thinker Abdel Sabour Shahin, professor emeritus at Cairo University’s Faculty of…
Grand Sheikh meets US Muslim communities’ representative
Egypt
June 17, 2010
Grand Sheikh meets US Muslim communities’ representative
Ahmed el-Tayyeb, the grand sheikh of Al-Azhar, met yesterday with Farah Pandith, special representative to Muslim Communities for the US…
Test-tube babies permissible under Islam and Christianity
Health & Fitness
May 16, 2010
Test-tube babies permissible under Islam and Christianity
Obstetrics and in virtro fertilization consultant Dr. Sharif Basha Seif has said that the majority of religious institutions, including the…