Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's highest religious institution, condemned on Monday the Iranian attacks targeting Kuwait, ...

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Cairo, July 20 (Petra) -- Al-Azhar condemned on Monday Iranian attacks targeting Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman, which caused damage to several civilian and vital facilities ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A number of posts on Facebook and Instagram in June 2026 spread the claim that the leader of the Catholic ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Cairo has announced the official opening of the Indonesian language program at the Faculty of Language and Translation of Universitas Al ...

Grand Imam of al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb met, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Saleh bin Eid al-Husseini to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between al-Azhar and religious ...

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 ...

Al-Azhar University in Cairo has trained scholars in Sunni Islamic law for more than a millennium. Over the last two centuries, however, its authority has declined, undermined by Islamism and the ...

Grand Mufti of Egypt and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Nazir Mohamed Ayyad said Al-Azhar represents the nation’s scholarly memory and living religious conscience ...