All Stories: Al-Azhar

CAIRO: Egypt's highest Sunni Muslim authority has said there can be no justification for sexual harassment, in a country where many people often blame...

Top Muslim and Christian clerics from the Middle East gathered in Cairo on Tuesday for a two-day conference on promoting co-existence, as sectarian conflict...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will meet the spiritual leader of the world's Sunni Muslims in an unprecedented encounter at the Vatican on Monday, the pontiff's spokesman said Thursday.

CAIRO: Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's leading authority, expressed outrage Friday at the bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq by the Islamic State group saying the jihadists must be "eradicated".

CAIRO: Al-Azhar, the prestigious seat of Islamic learning that is based in Cairo but respected by Sunni Muslims across the world, has steadfastly condemned gruesome executions claimed by the Islamic State group.