TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian cleric called for Muslim scholars' further effort to help eradicate Takfirism (extremism) in the region, and stressed the necessity to formulate a document against the inauspicious phenomenon. Addressing an international conference on fight against terrorism and extremism in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, Ahmad Moballeghi,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Egyptian judiciary is due to put al-Azhar scholar Ahmed Karima on trial for visiting and giving lectures at a Shiite seminary in Iran. Karima was suspended from al-Azhar's Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs led by Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb for giving lectures at a Hawza (Shiite theological seminary) in Iran without the council's ...

Thousands of Egypts al-Azhar University students have demonstrated in Cairo for the third consecutive day, demanding the reinstatement of the countrys ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Around 4,000 students staged protests on al-Azhar campuses on Monday, and condemned the military-backed governments crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters,...

Fierce clashes have erupted between Egyptian security forces and students protesting against the military-backed government at al-Azhar University in Cairo. The security forces fired tear gas at protesters spilling out after a call by the Anti-Coup Alliance for a national uprising against the government. Angry protesters also demanded the release ...