It is a mosque and university in Cairo, Egypt. It was built by Jawhar the Sicilian writer (Elias al-Siqali), the commander of Abu Tamim’s army, a year after the Fatimid’s conquered Egypt, and ...

CAIRO — They came by the thousands, pouring through the ancient stone archways and into the gleaming white marble courtyard of al-Azhar mosque. The faithful had come to pray, to hear a thundering ...

Under the watchful eyes of steel-helmeted police, the world’s oldest university began its 1,006th academic year in Cairo last week. The cops were just a precaution in a land hot over the Palestine ...

In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The edifice, re-opened by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ...

Egypt's El-Sisi and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Bin Salman inaugurated on Tuesday renovation work of Al Azhar Mosque (Photo: Al-Azhar's official website) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and ...

Grand Mufti of Egypt and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Nazir Mohamed Ayyad said Al-Azhar represents the nation’s scholarly memory and living religious conscience ...

CAIRO – Muis and Al-Azhar University, which has trained every Mufti of Singapore, on Sept 22 renewed their agreement for the institution to continue training potential Islamic religious teachers from ...

Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt has died at age 81. Reactions to his death in Middle East blogs have varied from mourning to critical recollections of ...

When President Barack Obama addresses the Muslim world from Cairo next month, Egyptian officials hope he will choose 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar mosque, the heart of a revered institution for Islamic ...

Abu al-Dahab Mosque is located towards Al-Azhar mosque. It is also one of the Hanging mosques that has been built near the road level, and there are shops below its destinations. Abu al-Dahab Mosque ...

Al-Azhar strongly condemned the continued closure by the occupying entity of the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque – the first of the two Qiblas and the third holiest site in Islam – to worshippers ...