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The Vice-President of Al-Azhar Alumni UK, Bakhtyar H. Pirzada al-Azhari, has been appointed as a Member of the Board of Management for the Seerat-un-Nabi Chair at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in Islamabad, Pakistan. The appointment was officially announced in a notification issued by the Vice-Chancellor of AIOU, Prof. Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum, on 25th […]

HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are hosted by the Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, at the historic Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, stated: “The renowned Human Fraternity Document is the fruit of Al-Azhar’s openness towards other communities and the churches […]

This year during the month of Ramadan, on the 7th of Ramadan, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, comprising its university and related institutions, marked 1082 years since the establishment of the historic Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. This is an unprecedented honour for an institution to be blessed with this longevity and authenticity for over a millennium. On […]

AL-AZHAR CONDEMNS SHOWING OF CARTOON OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AT BATLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL Al-Azhar Alumni UK joins with Al-Azhar University in strong condemnation of showing the derogatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by a teacher to a class of pupils at the Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, England. The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism […]

The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Dr Ahmad Muhammad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar The oldest uninterrupted centre of learning and leadership, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, has guided the world for over a millennium and has withstood the forces of ravaging waves, over the course of centuries, that swept away structures and mighty empires as if they were mere […]