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Al-Azhar

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Egypt: Al-Azhar Professor ‘Mahmoud Shaaban’ sentenced to 15 years in prison

June 10, 2022 MEO Staff

A famous Azhar preacher , known for criticizing the regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has been given 15 years in prison for trumped up charges The Cairo Criminal Court Thursday sentenced Egyptian A-Azhar University Professor [ More … ]

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Al-Azhar condemns “violations of Zionist terrorism” against Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem

May 7, 2021 MEO Staff

Al-Azhar has condemned in a statement “he Zionist entity’s terror and its brutal violations against the people of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem”. “Al-Azhar condemns in the strongest terms the Zionist entity’s terrorism and [ More … ]

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Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Sends Fiery Messages to France in Meeting with French FM

November 9, 2020 MEO Staff

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, said on Sunday that those who insult the Prophet Muhammad would be prosecuted in international courts, refusing to consider the insulting cartoons of the Messenger of Islam [ More … ]

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Egypt; How Sisi is trying to undermine Al-Azhar?!

July 20, 2020 MEO Staff

A new chapter in the conflict that has been going on for more than three years between Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, came to the fore with the announcement of Al-Azhar’s Council [ More … ]

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Egypt female students protest after Al-Azhar campus rape covered up

March 26, 2019 MEO Staff

Hundreds of female students at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University held a protest yesterday, accusing college officials of attempting to cover up the rape of a woman on campus the week before. Screams were heard at a [ More … ]

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To appease China, Egypt arrests 500 Turkestani students studying in Al-Azhar

July 6, 2017 MEO Staff

The Egyptian police have recently arrested about 500 Turkestani students studying in Al-Azhar in preparation for deporting them to their country. This move is intended to appease the Chinese regime, especially after the Chinese president’s visit [ More … ]

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Al-Azhar Rejects Al-Sisi’s Recent Proposal to Enact a Law for Banning Verbal Divorce

February 8, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top Islamic authority, has rejected Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s recent calls to reduce Egypt’s escalating divorce rate by ending verbal divorce. On January 24, during a speech at the Police Academy, al-Sisi referenced a 2015 report [ More … ]

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A Prominent Al-Azhar Scholar: The UAE and Saudi Fighters killed in Yemen Are Aggressors

September 7, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

A new statement was released by a prominent professor at Al-Azhar University that will probably have negative impacts on the Egypt’s relations with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. In an interview with Iranian Fars News [ More … ]

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Al-Azhar Imam’s Participation in Grozny Conference Raises Unprecedented Outrage among Saudi Circles

September 3, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The media center at Al-Azhar Institution has released a statement explaining Sheikh Ahmed AL-Tayeb’s stance with regard to defining what is meant by “Ahl-al-Sunnah” (Components of Sunnah -those who adopt the real traditions of Prophet [ More … ]

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Egyptian Authorities Order Muslim Clerics to Deliver Identical, Pre-written Friday Sermons

July 15, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Egyptian authorities stated this week that Muslim clerics would be required to read out same pre-written identical weekly sermons, as a part of an initiative presented by Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to combat extremism. Since 2014, [ More … ]

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