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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On Sunday 7 October 2018, Al-Azhar Alumni UK, which is the UK Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates, began its series of intellectual seminars to be held across the country. The initial seminar was held at the Al-Karam Mosque in Forest Gate, London, hosted by Allama Ijaz Ahmed Nerwi and Imam Mansoor Mahmood. […]

Al-Azhar Alumni UK is the UK Branch of the World Organisation for Al-Azhar Graduates situated at Eaton Hall, in Retford, Nottinghamshire. In order to further the mission and vision of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the UK Branch has started the process of a series of intellectual seminars under the auspice of the Grand Imam, Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb […]