Al-azhar University

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  Student In Africa Cycles 4,000 Km To Study In Dream University

  The 25-year-old also stated that "he was arrested and detained three times for no good reason". The incidents happened Burkina Faso and in Togo.

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  Egypt University Scraps Expulsion Of Student For Hugging Male Friend

  Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Monday overturned a decision to expel a female student who was filmed hugging a male colleague, after the country's top Muslim cleric intervened in her favour.

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  Egypt University Expels Woman Over Video Showing Her "Hugging Man"

  Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school's reputation.

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  Top Muslim Body Condemns Kenya Massacre

  The Cairo-based top Sunni Muslim body Al-Azhar on Saturday condemned the massacre of nearly 150 people at Kenya's Garissa University by Somalia's Shebab Islamists.

• Egypt Students Jailed for Four Years Over Violent Protests

  An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 36 students of the prestigious Al-Azhar university to four years in prison each over violent protests backing ousted president Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources said.

• Egypt sentences 17 people to long jail terms for protests

  An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to 14 years in jail each on charges including assault and occupying public buildings during protests at Cairo's Al-Azhar University last year.

• Egypt tightens grip on mosques to curb Islamist dissent

  Egypt's military-installed authorities are tightening their grip on mosques by laying down the theme for the weekly Friday sermons, in the latest move to curb Islamist dissent.

• Egyptians set to vote on army-backed post-Mohamed Morsi constitution

  Egyptians vote this week for the first time since Mohamed Morsi's downfall in a constitutional referendum.

• One killed as Islamist students and police clash in Cairo

  A student was killed on Saturday and scores were arrested when supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with Egyptian police at the Cairo campus of Al-Azhar University.

• Islamist students torch Cairo campus building: police

  Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday stormed a faculty building at Cairo's Al-Azhar University where exams were being taken and set it on fire.

• Four killed, scores wounded in clashes across Egypt

  Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police clashed across Egypt on Friday, leaving at least four dead in protests after the army-backed government declared the group a terrorist organisation.

• Clashes as Egypt police disperse Muslim Brotherhood demonstrations

  Egyptian police fired tear gas at stone-throwing Islamist protesters in two cities on Friday, after authorities vowed to crack down on rallies by the Muslim Brotherhood following its designation as a terrorist group.

• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood turns to sisters in fight against state

  With many of its male members jailed, Egypt's besieged Muslim Brotherhood is calling up an unlikely reserve force against the army-backed government in the conservative Arab country.

• Egyptian police fire water cannon on protesters

  Egyptian police fired water cannon to disperse dozens of protesters near the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday after they defied a new law that restricts demonstrations.

• Egypt police storm university in Cairo after student siege

  Egyptian security forces have stormed the main building of an Islamic university in Cairo after students who support the country's ousted president besieged and attacked the offices of the university's chief administrator.