On Monday 27th January 2020, the University of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif held a two-day high-level conference titled ‘the Al-Azhar International Conference on Renovation of Islamic Thought (Tajdid)’, which was attended by representatives of religious institutions and scholars from over 46 countries around the world. Prominent political and religious leaders as well as representatives of various Awqaf […]
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Jul
Jul
A delegation from Al-Azhar Alumni UK travelled to Cairo, Egypt, to attend various meetings and ceremonies at Al-Azhar University from 22nd July to 24th July 2019. The visit was jointly organised by Al-Azhar Alumni UK and the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates based in Cairo. The delegation was headed by the Vice-President of Al-Azhar Alumni […]
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Young British Imams and female teachers begin specialist training course at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif
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Jun
Jun
Deputy to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr Abdul Fadeel al-Qawsi, welcomed on Sunday young British Imams and female teachers to Al-Azhar Al-Sharif for a four week specialist training course delving into the rich intellectual tradition of Islam at the hands of the senior expert scholars of Al-Azhar in various sciences, in order to […]
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Jun
Jun
Al-Azhar Alumni UK, which is the UK Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates, hosted an evening of gratitude and reflection on Thursday 30 May 2019 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in order to mark the International Day of Al-Azhar, honouring 1079 years since the establishment of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. The evening comprised of a formal […]
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May
May
The International Day of Al-Azhar is being held on 7th Ramadan 1440 AH and marks 1079 years of continued scholarship and Islamic learning since the establishment and founding of the Al-Azhar Mosque and this historic seat of learning on the 7th of Ramadan in the year 361 AH (972 CE) in Cairo, Egypt. This makes […]
International Updates, News
“The massacre in New Zealand and the crimes of ISIS are two branches of the same tree.” – Statement of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
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Mar
Mar
The New Zealand massacre and ISIS crimes are two branches of the same tree that is watered with hatred, violence and extremism. It is high time for people, in the East and the West, to stop repeating the lie of ‘Islamic terrorism’. This massacre is brewed by a savage and barbaric mind that cannot be […]
International Updates, News
‘The Human Fraternity Document for World Peace and Coexistence’ endorsed by the Grand Imam and the Pope
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Feb
Feb
On the 4th of February 2019, the Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, and Pope Francis of the Vatican signed a historic declaration of fraternity. They called for peace between nations, religions and races, in front of a global audience of religious leaders from different faiths. On the special invite of H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin […]
International Updates, News
Speech of the Grand Imam on Mawlid Occasion – Significance of the Sunnah
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Jan
Jan
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPHETIC SUNNAH The Speech of His Eminence Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in the Anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Birth Ceremony 1440 AH – 2018 CE Rabi’ al-Awwal 11, 1440 AH | November 19, 2018 CE Al-Azhar Conference Center (ACC), Cairo, Egypt Translated by the Al-Azhar Observatory for […]
International Updates, News
Al-Azhar Alumni UK condemns the terrorist attack at Egypt’s historical site in Cairo
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Jan
Jan
UK Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates joins with its headquarters at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in strong condemnation of the treacherous attack in Giza Three Vietnamese tourists and a local Egyptian tour guide have been killed after a roadside bomb hit a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt. Eleven others were injured in […]
International Updates, News
Al-Azhar Alumni UK strongly condemns AQIS and its devious call for Jihad in the West
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Oct
Oct
UK Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates vehemently refutes the deceptive assertions of the militant terror group, ‘Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent’ On 3rd September 2014, Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda, announced the establishment of a new branch of his terror network in the Indian subcontinent in a video posted online, by merging various terrorist […]