Category Archives: International Updates

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From 27-29 July 2018, the International Muslim Scholars Conference was held in the city of Mataram, in Lombok, Indonesia. The conference was jointly organised by Al-Azhar Alumni Indonesia (the Indonesian Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates), the League of Middle-Eastern Graduates and the Governorate of West Nusa Tenggara region. The theme of the […]

Islam instills the true feeling of pride of Allah the Almighty and His Prophet (PBUH) in the Muslim’s character so as to resist any temptations and withstand any pressure. The Muslim should mull over Allah’s ways of universe while being upbeat for victory when calamity strikes: bearing in mind that the darkest hour is that […]

Grand Imam of al-Azhar meets leaders of Worldwide Branches Of The Organization For al-Azhar Graduates. On Friday 19 January 2018, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, met with the leaders of branches of the World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates, in Cairo, Egypt. The meeting with the Grand Imam was also attended […]

Al-Azhar is the world’s highest Islamic authority, and it is the intellectual and spiritual reference point for Sunni Muslims around the world. It has a history of more than a thousand years of scholarship and service to religion, knowledge and communities. It is respected by world institutions and appreciated by different faith communities, in particular […]

The ‘Egyptian Family House’ which is a project of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar received the Imam Al-Hasan Award in Abu Dhabi During the conference organised by the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, chaired by Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation), hosted […]

Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar addresses the Third World Forum, holds talks with the Pope and meets the Prime Minister During the first week of November 2017, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, travelled to Italy for some important engagements which included his noteworthy address at the Third World Forum, holding […]