CAIRO (Reuters) - Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, will soon be preaching its doctrines on satellite television, a space it has previously left to Islamist parties now ...

Tayyeb, has extended his congratulations to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian people ahead of the historic opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), describing it as a landmark that ...

Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, via a statement on Wednesday, called on the international community to take urgent, concrete steps to rebuild Gaza’s education sector, stressing that 95 ...

CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday on a visit to Saudi Arabia, ...

At an international Al-Azhar alumni meeting held in Cairo on Thursday, recently-appointed Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb welcomed Iranian students that want to study at Al-Azhar’s university and ...

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Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim will be making his first working visit to Egypt as Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim ...

King Philippe has officially kicked off his state visit to Egypt with a secret meeting with the top religious leader in Cairo. On Saturday, November 1, the Belgian Royal Family took to the official ...

The COAS paid homage at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier and laid a floral wreath at the grave of former Egyptian ...

Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir is on an official visit to Egypt aimed at strengthening military cooperation and ...