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Al-Azhar head urges UN members to vote for Palestinian state
Egypt

Al-Azhar head urges UN members to vote for Palestinian state

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb urged world nations to vote in favor of a Palestinian state during the UN General…
Brotherhood leader: Teachers Syndicate victory blow to NDP remnants
Egypt

Brotherhood leader: Teachers Syndicate victory blow to NDP remnants

The Muslim Brotherhood's overwhelming success in the Teachers Syndicate election was a blow to remnants of the dissolved National Democratic…
Syrian opposition delegation to visit Egypt in September
Egypt

Syrian opposition delegation to visit Egypt in September

Syrian opposition figures plan to visit Egypt next month to meet with Egyptian political players and Al-Azhar leaders, members of…
Al-Azhar voices anger at Syrian security assault on Damascus mosque
Egypt

Al-Azhar voices anger at Syrian security assault on Damascus mosque

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has expressed anger about Saturday's assault on Al-Rifai mosque in Damascus by Syrian army and…
Al-Azhar grand sheikh criticizes slow international aid to Somalia
Egypt

Al-Azhar grand sheikh criticizes slow international aid to Somalia

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb on Thursday criticized slow Arab and international efforts to send food and other aid to…
Al-Azhar grand sheikh congratulates Libyans on their revolution
Egypt

Al-Azhar grand sheikh congratulates Libyans on their revolution

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has offered congratulations to the Libyan people on the progress of their revolution and the…
Thursday’s papers: Al-Azhar democratic charter makes waves, papers claim credit for ending SCAF poll
Egypt

Thursday’s papers: Al-Azhar democratic charter makes waves, papers claim credit for ending SCAF poll

The meeting between several declared and potential presidential candidates and political parties at Al-Azhar on Wednesday dominates much of Thursday's…
Al-Azhar invites political powers to discuss charter on Egypt’s future state
Egypt

Al-Azhar invites political powers to discuss charter on Egypt’s future state

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has invited active political groups for an urgent meeting on Wednesday at his office to…
Al-Azhar torn between secularists and Islamists
Egypt

Al-Azhar torn between secularists and Islamists

Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on…
Al-Azhar calls on Syrian govt to stop bloodshed and heed people’s demands
Egypt

Al-Azhar calls on Syrian govt to stop bloodshed and heed people’s demands

Al-Azhar, the highest religious authority in the Sunni Muslim world, demanded on Monday that the Syrian government put an end…
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