Flanking the eastern edge of Islamic Cairo is Al Azhar Park, one of Cairo's largest parks. Formerly an area filled with rubble, Al Azhar Park now features an array of fountains, manicured gardens, ...

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IQOU College President Sheikha Syeda Zainab Gillani along with Dean of Academic Affairs, Nafisah Abdus Salaam , and Head of the Department of Islamic Studies, Mahmud Abdussabur AlAzhari meet with Dr.

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 ...

CAIRO, Egypt — During the sweaty morning commute through one of Cairo’s busiest subway stations, passengers can now find the answers to some of life’s thorniest dilemmas. Al Azhar, the revered ...

In his speech at Al-Azhar university in Cairo today, Pope Francis placed an emphasis on education, drawing attention to Egypt’s ancient civilization that valued open-minded education and saying a ...

The revolution that began here two years ago with calls for justice and freedom has become a rout by Islamist forces that have racked up victory upon victory at the polls. But within Egypt and across ...

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 ...

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 Aviv to kill ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of Egypt's Al-Azhar university, the 1,000-year-old seat of Sunni Muslim learning, has been replaced after describing a leading Islamic researcher as an apostate, official ...

Azhar strongly condemned the treacherous terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in Homs, stressing that this terrorist ...

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Egypt Ghanem Al-Ghanem on Tuesday commended the State of Kuwaiti's leading humanitarian and charitable role at both regional and international levels. The ambassador made the ...