His Excellency Professor Khidr Abdul Baaqi Muhammad, the pride of all African Arabists south of the Sahara and their crown, during the week received the Excellence and Academic Merit Award from the Hamasa Festival for Literature and Arts in the Read more…
Al-Azhar University is one of the top public universities in Cairo, Egypt. It is ranked #1201-1400 in QS World University Rankings 2023. Founded in 970 or 972 by the Fatimid Caliphate as a centre of Islamic learning, its students studied Read more…
Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, declared that mahram “(blood relative) is no longer required to accompany a woman pilgrim, who wishes to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj or Umrah from any part of Read more…
An 82-year-old Egyptian imam is pictured reading at the library of his basement home. Abdallaa Abu Dawh, who used to teach at Egypt’s Al-Azhar university, hopes to make an impact by offering some 15,000 books to the residents of his Read more…
In the Egyptian city of Aswan, a 10-year-old girl by the name of “Marwa” sells tissues. She hastened to see a children’s marathon from a distance before sprinting forward to inquire about joining in. Marwa wanted to compete and wanted Read more…
Arab and Muslim countries have criticised plans by Sweden’s infamous far-right organisation Stram Kurs to burn copies of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book, during Ramadan. Over the weekend, police clashed in Norrkoping, Linkoping, Rinkeby, Malmo, Orebro, and Stockholm as they Read more…
Egyptian envoy visits Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). This Day, 1st November 2021, at the Board Room of The NSCIA Head-Quarters, Abuja. On Monday, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) received a high-level delegation from Al-Azhar Read more…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia has indicated that the validity of visit visas of those people from countries facing travel ban will be extended until November 30. The ministry announced on its Twitter account that extension of visa will Read more…
During the month of Ramadan last year, Egyptian authorities executed Sheikh Abdul Rahim Jibril, also known as the Sheikh of the Quran. Nine men were executed, including Sheikh Abdul Rahim. These death sentences were handed down after a shabbily conducted Read more…
