Quran Interpretation session of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque will be held with the theme ‘Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Quran’.

The Centre was informed that major works concerning the foundations of the Al-Azhar Mosque had been undertaken. Accordingly, in November 1996, a letter was written to the Supreme Council of ...

on the 1085th Hijri anniversary of the founding of Al Azhar Mosque. Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed highlighted Al Azhar’s prominent role for over a thousand years as a beacon of knowledge, a ...

He held this position for almost ten years, until he was appointed Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, on 27 March 1996.

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, condemned renewed Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday as “black terrorism”, criticizing world powers for greenlighting Tel ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism denounced attempts by a teenager to carry out an act of terrorism ...

“It was 1,085 years ago that the first prayers were held at the ancient Mosque of Al-Azhar in Cairo, and ever since it has been on a path of daawa [preaching], civilisation, learning ...

Al- Azhar’s students studied the Qur’an and ... It was founded in 859 C.E., it was a mosque with a small attached school. With time, the mosque was transformed into a spiritual destination ...