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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis accepts a gift from Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private audience at the Vatican Nov. 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) “I see the ...

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 ...

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 ...