organization:al-azhar university in cairo

Al-Azhar, Iraqi government dispute over ‘Shi’a militias’ violations’ - Daily News Egypt
▻http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/03/14/al-azhar-iraqi-government-dispute-over-shia-militias-violations

Could Sunni-Shiite Rift make Tikrit Campaign a Pyrrhic Victory? Al-Azhar and the Shiite Militias | Informed Comment
▻http://www.juancole.com/2015/03/campaign-pyrrhic-militias.html

The foremost Sunni Muslim seat of learning, al-Azhar University in Cairo, has stirred controversy by issuing a considered legal opinion (fatwa) condemning the Shiite militias or “Popular Mobilization Forces” that are now fighting alongside the Iraq army to take Tikrit back from Daesh (ISIL or ISIS).

#Egypt to announce #Brotherhood leader’s verdict
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/egypt-announce-brotherhood-leaders-verdict

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Egyptian police detain an alleged member of the #Muslim_Brotherhood and student of al-Azhar University in Cairo following clashes with security forces on May 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP) Egyptian police detain an alleged member of the Muslim Brotherhood and student of al-Azhar University in Cairo following clashes with security forces on May 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP)

An Egyptian court is expected to announce a verdict Saturday in the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed #Badie and 47 others for inciting violence that killed two people last summer. After the army ousted Islamist Mohammed #mursi last July, Badie was one of thousands of the deposed president’s supporters arrested in a crackdown that also left more than 1,400 (...)