Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb sent a message to Libyans after the death of Muammar Gadhafi on October 20. Al-Tayeb suggested to the Libyans to look for forward into their future and encouraged them to build their constitutional (...)
CAIRO: Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb invited Coptic Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria to an emergency meeting of the Egyptian Family House tomorrow at the Al-Azhar headquarters.
The spiritual leaders will discuss the final reforms on the Law (...)
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh, Ahmed al-Tayeb, held a meeting for members of the Egyptian family house on Monday October 10, which includes Muslim and Christian religious scholars, intellectuals and thinkers.
They discussed the events at Maspiro and the (...)
CAIRO: Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University, Ahmed al-Tayeb called on Arab countries to unite and strengthen their relationships to be on the vanguard of regional affairs, akin to the European Union.
Tayeb also asked Arab leaders to support and help (...)
CAIRO: A new Facebook campaign was launched today to hold a million man rally to celebrate the arrival of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo on September 13.
Over 3,000 bloggers committed to attend the rally to receive Erdogan (...)
EGYPT: Dar al-Fatwa announced that tomrrow is the first day of Eid al-Fitr, and tonight is the last night of the month of Ramadan.
Eid al-Fitr is the largest holiday in Islam, marking the end of Ramadan where Muslims fast from dawn to (...)
Egypt has announced a fatwa, religious proclamation, that helping those suffering in Somalia is the most important priority. The fatwa allocated zakat, charity and donations, directly to Somalis.
A statement issued today called on Muslims across (...)
Egypt's Al-Azhar institution condemned the violence used by the Syrian regime against its people. Al-Ahar, led by Grand Mufti Ahmed al-Tayeb, also called on the Syrian regime to stop shedding blood, dispersing families and using live ammunition (...)
CAIRO: Some of Egypt's political forces and coalitions are looking for another place to hold demonstrations instead of Tahrir Square, on a suggestion from Egypt's Sufi sect.
The Egyptian army are not allowing any protests, demonstrations or (...)
CAIRO: A coalition supporting the independence of Al-Azhar arranged a march from the Fatah Mosque in Ramses to Cairo's Tahrir Square today. Dozens of Al-Azhar members and Salafis participated in the march, which began after the noon prayer.
The (...)