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Events to mark Peace Day are held at Eaton Hall and local Eaton Church Wednesday 21 September 2016 marks the International Day of Peace. The International Day of Peace, or Peace Day, is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution 36/37, the General Assembly has […]

Shaykh Pirzada hosts discussion with Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi,Shaykh Faisal Abdur-Razak and other religious leaders On Thursday 25 August 2016, the prominent and influential Syrian scholar, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, visited Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (President of the UK Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates WAAG UK). Other Imams and scholars from the UK […]

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, calls on the youth to be ambassadors of peace. The first of its kind inter-faith forum for the youth titled ‘Youth Engagement, Religion and Violence’ was held at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, jointly organised by the influential institution of Al-Azhar and the World Council of […]

Al-Azhar Grand Imam is hosted by the people of Chechnya during three-day official visit The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, travelled to the Republic of Chechnya at the invitation of the President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on an official three day visit. The Al-Azhar delegation comprised of the senior scholars and […]

Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada attended the inauguration of the Zia-Ummah Centre named after renowned Al-Azhari scholar. On Saturday 30 July 2016, The President of the UK Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates (WAAG UK), Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, attended and participated in the inauguration of the newly founded Zia-ul-Ummah Centre in […]

Shaykh Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse is leader of Western Africa’s key position of Islamic leadership, the Grand Mosque of Madina Baye in Senegal. On 27th July 2016, the United Kingdom Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates (WAAG UK) was honoured to host the influential Shaykh Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse who is counted as […]

Annual conference commemorating the life, legacy and achievements of Al-Azhari scholar, Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918-1998), held at Eaton Hall in Retford. The 18th annual conference commemorating the life, legacy and achievements of the erudite Sufi and Al-Azhari scholar, Diya’ al-Ummat Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918-1998), was held at Eaton Hall […]

His Eminence, the Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb Shaykh al-Azhar, strongly condemned and denounced the terrorist attack on a church in St-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy, France, which involved the brutal murder of the 86-year-old Catholic Priest, Father Jacques Hamel, and injured several others. The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar stressed that those who carried out these brutal […]

The Vice-President of WAAG UK, Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari, yesterday evening (Saturday 23 July 2016) attended and spoke at the Tijaniyya Annual Conference held at the Crescent Hall in Luton. The event was presided by Shaykh Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse who is counted as the 13th most influential Muslim in the world, a scholar of Al-Azhar […]

Today is the Srebrenica Memorial Day marking the Bosnian genocide in which the European Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered “unimaginable savagery” at the hands of General Ratko Mladic’s forces. More than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred in the greatest atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. We call on all […]