The UK Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates (WAAG UK) and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb, strongly condemn the terrorist attack that took place last night in Manchester, killing 22 people and injuring more than 50 others. The Vice-President of WAAG UK, Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari, issued the following statement: […]
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International Updates, News
The Al-Azhar International Peace Conference with the Grand Imam and Pope Francis
01
May
May
WAAG UK welcomes landmark conference with Vice-President of WAAG UK also in attendance The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmad Al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, received Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, at Al-Azhar headquarters on Friday 28 April 2017 after the pope participated in the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference. In his speech, the […]
International Updates, News
Shaykh al-Azhar’s Speech on ‘Freedom and Citizenship; Diversity and Integration’
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Apr
Apr
On 28 February 2017, an international conference organized by Al-Azhar and the Muslim Council of Elders took place in Cairo, Egypt. The conference was titled ‘Freedom and Citizenship: Diversity and Integration’. The conference was organised to present Al-Azhar’s Declaration for Muslim Christian Coexistence, and to promote international peace. It was attended by around 600 delegates, […]
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Apr
Apr
A delegation of four British Imams accompanied by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, travelled to Rome and held a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Although the visit was scheduled long before 22 March, it took place just two weeks after the Westminster terrorist attack. As well as the papal audience, the […]
16
Apr
Apr
In a moment calling for attention from the community, three hundred and thirteen scholars, masha’ikh and Imams of the United Kingdom have issued a collective and formal declaration titled ‘The issue concerning religious knowledge and the giving of zakat in the United Kingdom’. The declaration provides a detailed analysis of the issue of zakat in the United Kingdom […]
16
Mar
Mar
On Saturday 11 March 2017, Retford’s second Annual Religious Tolerance Conference was held at The Well Conference Centre.It was attended by Jamia Al-Karam Vice-Principal and WAAG UK Vice-President, as well as a group of senior students of Jamia Al-Karam. Speakers at the conference included Cllr Jim Anderson (Chairman of Bassetlaw District Council), Prof John Coffey […]
07
Mar
Mar
Graduate of Jamia Al-Karam, Major Imam Najeeb Ur Rehman Naz, appointed as the first and only Field Imam to the Norwegian Armed Forces In an historic and landmark development, the Norwegian Armed Forces appointed its first ever Field Imam, whose role was formally inaugurated in a special ceremony held at Akershus Fortress in Oslo, Norway, […]
International Updates, News
Al-Azhar International Conference on ‘Freedom and Citizenship; Diversity and Integration’
06
Mar
Mar
Shaykh al-Azhar announces Al-Azhar’s Declaration for Muslim Christian Coexistence at the conference hosted by Al-Azhar and the Muslim Council of Elders in Cairo. On 28 February 2017, an international conference organized by Al-Azhar and the Muslim Council of Elders took place in Cairo, Egypt. The conference was titled ‘Freedom and Citizenship: Diversity and Integration’. The […]
International Updates, News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel: “Al-Azhar has an important voice in the world.”
03
Mar
Mar
During her visit to Egypt, Shaykh al-Azhar Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb hosts the German Chancellor at the Al-Azhar HQ in Cairo, Egypt. On Thursday 2 March 2017, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, visited the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral as well as Al-Azhar in Cairo as part of her official two-day visit to Egypt, her first since 2007. At […]
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Feb
Feb
Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari attended the Holocaust memorial event held at the Retford Town Hall hosted by the Mayor of Retford. “27th January is the day for everyone to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. On Holocaust Memorial Day […]