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 Al-Azhar has condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by hundreds of Israeli settlers under Israeli police protection on Sunday. The Jewish settlers broke into the holy site from Bab ...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque and university, called on Muslims in the Middle East to "embrace" local Christian communities. He addressed ...

Less than two months after one of Sunni Islam's highest authorities came to the Vatican following several years of icy relations, Pope Francis has sent a representative to Egypt's Al-Azhar University ...

On Friday, the Vatican announced it will be sending a representative to Egypt to set plans for the official re-launching of dialogue between the Holy See and the Al-Azhar Mosque and adjunct University ...

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 ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's seat of Islamic learning, al-Azhar, will launch a satellite channel to give the world a better understanding of Islam and counter some Islamic outlets preaching "extremist ...