Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Despite the holiday at Saint Catherine Monastery, the city has received a large number of tourists and visitors on Sunday morning (January 4). They came to climb Gabal Mūsa (Mount Sinai) and watch the sunrise from the highest mountain peak, visit historical sites, colorful valleys, the St....
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2026
Al-Azhar Global Center for Electronic Fatwas issued a detailed introduction of Mr. Ṣalāḥ ʿAṭiyya, known as "The Man of Giving," on the anniversary of his passing.
Date of source: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Al-Azhar Mosque held on Sunday (October 12) the weekly forum on interpretation of the meanings of the Holy Qur’ān and features of the scientific miracles in the Muslim holy book about the seas.
Date of source: Saturday, September 13, 2025
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, issued a decision approving Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Sibāʿī as Imām and Qur’an reciter (Qāriʾ al-Qurʾān) at al-Azhar Mosque.
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2024
There was wide-scale controversy in Iraq after the Ministry of Justice proposed a draft law to lower the age of marriage to 9 years of age for females and 15 years of age for males.
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
Dr. Saʿad al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a professor of jurisprudence (fiqh) at al-Azhar University, stated that the debates about the Sunna (the traditions of the Prophet Muḥammad) or the Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī collection of ḥadīths, are being used as propaganda tools rather than topics of genuine discussions aimed...
Date of source: Friday, May 10, 2024
Atheists deny the existence of a God and believe that this universe has come about without a creator. They affirm that material and substance are eternal and everlasting and presume that they have created themselves.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Journalist Aḥmad al-Ṣāwī, Editor-in-Chief of the Ṣawt al-Azhar (Voice of al-Azhar) newspaper, republished statements by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, addressing issues related to the construction of churches and communal unrest in certain villages.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to the mosque and mausoleum of Imām al-Shāfiʿī in Cairo on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt on February 14.
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2024
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in the Cairo district of al-Fusṭaṭ is putting on display a rare icon that dates back to the 19th century and depicts the Virgin Mary carrying young Jesus.