Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb has urged Sudanese people to unite against attempts to divide the country and ...

Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism called for renewed international attention to the protection of places of ...

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After five years of tension and top-level silence, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican May 23. "The meeting is ...

CAIRO, Egypt — During the sweaty morning commute through one of Cairo’s busiest subway stations, passengers can now find the answers to some of life’s thorniest dilemmas. Subscribe to read this story ...

The Vatican and Sunni Islam's leading institution of higher learning have begun looking for ways to restart formal dialogue. Acting on Pope Francis' expressed desire, the Pontifical Council for ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Many groups came together to help serve neighbors in need in Huntsville on Saturday. Members of the Al Azhar Temple No. 195 and Court No. 181 showed out to hand out essential ...

Egypt's presidency pressured Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the world's foremost Islamic institution, to withdraw a statement condemning Israel's "genocidal starvation" of Gaza, sources ...