by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Middle East
Pope Francis on Monday embraced the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Muslim center of learning, in a sign that a five-year suspension of important Catholic-Muslim ties was over. As Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb arrived for his audience in the Apostolic Palace,...
by Abdullah alHayda and Walid Abdulrahman | May 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Cairo-Every year, as the Hajj season approaches, Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Hajj, starts preparing for their guests by organizing meetings with representatives of Muslim countries and Muslim minorities around the world. These meetings aim at...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Apr 10, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Cairo-In an official visit- the first of its kind- the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Kings Salman bin Abdulaziz honored the Al-Azhar Mosque with a visit during which he inspected the works on restoring the site. The mosque’s rebuild has been enabled by a fund...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East
Egypt’s Al-Azhar highlighted the large role played by Saudi Arabia in defending Islam and the comments came in the context of King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit to Egypt. The Undersecretary of Al-Azhar Dr Abbas Schumann told Asharq Al-Awsat that Saudi Arabia “is...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | May 15, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met with Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb on Wednesday in Cairo, in a bid to counter the threat extremist groups pose to global heritage sites in the Middle East. After meeting with Tayeb at Al-Azhar,...
