Al Azhar: Sweden is a racist society and Muslims must boycott it
Al Azhar University, one of the leading Islamic seminaries in the world, has issued an unprecedented statement calling Sweden "racist" and urging a coordinated...
More Egyptian men marry older foreign women
An increasing number of young Egyptian men are marrying foreign women, some 20 to 30 years their senior in order to escape poverty and...
Egypt bans niqab in schools
The Egyptian government has banned female students from wearing the niqab at schools.
Education Minister Reda Hegazy released a statement on Monday saying students have...
Egyptian scholar faces trial for saying Jews and Christians are “kuffar” who will go...
An Egyptian scholar has been banned from preaching and is due to appear in court for saying Christians and Jews are "kuffar" who will go to...
Egypt to remove books by Sheikh Ibn Taymiyya and other prominent Salafi scholars
The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments has launched a nationwide campaign to remove literature authored by scholars affiliated to the Salafi movement from all...
Grand Shaikh of Al Azhar named world’s most influential Muslim
The Grand Shaikh of Al Azhar University in Cairo has been named the world’s most influential Muslim for the second year running.
The honour was...
Al-Azhar condemns showing of Prophet cartoon at Batley Grammar School
One of the most important Sunni Muslim institutions in the world, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, has condemned the showing of the blasphemous cartoon of Prophet...
Female prisoners tortured and sexually abused in Egyptian prisons
Egypt's Women against the Coup movement has revealed that the authorities arrested 200 women in December and January and accused the interior ministry of...
Al-Azhar University awards the King of Saudi Arabia with an “honorary doctorate”
Al-Azhar University granted King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, an “honorary doctorate” in appreciation of his "support for Egypt and Islam".
“Al-Azhar University council...
Shaikh Ahmad Al-Tayyeb named world’s most influential Muslim
The Grand Shaikh of Al Azhar University in Cairo has been named the world’s most influential Muslim.
The honour was bestowed on Shaikh Ahmad Muhammad...
