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 ...

A statement released on Tuesday by Al-Azhar said Ben-Gvir’s move constitutes a “provocative act” that inflames Muslim sentiments worldwide, represents a clear violation of Islamic sanctities, and is ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Muslim world Thursday from the Egyptian capital Cairo, which has an Islamic quarter filled with architectural treasures. Following are some facts ...

Al-Azhar condemned in the strongest terms the torching of a Palestinian mosque in Tell village, southwest of Nablus, by Israeli settlers. In a statement on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Al-Azhar ...

Cairo — Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed with head of Saudi intelligence Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz the situation in Iraq, Syria, and Libya at the forefront of regional ...

, "mosque of the most resplendent") is a mosque in Islamic Cairo in Egypt. Al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh of the Fatimid Caliphate commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970.

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 ...