Al-Azhar

The exclusion of 10 presidential hopefuls from the upcoming race remains at the forefront of local news Thursday. "We found…

The grand sheikh of Al-Azhar has met with senior leaders of the Salafi Dawa to discuss possible solutions to the…

The People's Assembly’s Proposals and Complaints Committee has rejected a draft law proposing the cancellation of khula divorces, state-run news…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb is meeting on Wednesday with acting Coptic Pope Pachomius to discuss developments in the constituent…

Members of the Al-Azhar body in charge of handing down fatwas said it would not return to the constituent assembly…

Despite previous assertions to the contrary, the Muslim Brotherhood has put forward a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections —…

Al-Azhar withdrew its only representative on Thursday from the constituent assembly that will draft the constitution. As the influential religious…

The Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday held its first public protest against Egypt’s military rulers when thousands of students at Al-Azhar…

Egypt and Turkey signed an agreement on Monday in which Turkey will renovate religious artifacts in Cairo and Alexandria. Al-Azhar,…

Head of the Ghad Party and former presidential hopeful Ayman Nour said on Thursday that Ahmed al-Tayyeb, grand sheikh of…