Fresh allegations circulating in Middle Eastern political and media circles have reignited debate over the independence of ...

El-Tayyeb made the remarks during a meeting on Tuesday at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo with Sudan’s ambassador to Egypt, Lieutenant General Imadeldin Mustafa Adawi, to discuss ways of strengthening ...

Egypt has long been the intellectual and cultural center of the Arab world. It is home to al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world, and was among the first Arab countries to establish a ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar reveals that Al Azhar University in Egypt has expressed readiness to send lecturers to strengthen public Islamic universities in ...

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 ...

ROME — A leading scholar in the Arab world has applauded the goodwill of both the Vatican and the prestigious Islamic Al-Azhar University Pope Francis will visit for aiming to increase Catholic-Muslim ...