A total of 406 students from Al Azhar University will be banned from taking their final exams over participating in on- campus riots, a university source told Youm7 Thursday.
The banned students were referred to disciplinary councils after receiving several warnings from the university administration, the source added.
During the 2014-2015 Academic Year, the university has also referred 30 faculty members to investigations and has also expelled five others over violence-related charges.
Last week, the Al-Azhar University’s Faculty of Islamic Studies for girls has expelled seven students over involvement in riots at the university.
Al-Azhar University witnessed the most wide-scale protests among the Egyptian universities during the Academic Year 2013/2014 following the deadly dispersal of the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in in August 2013, where hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were killed by the police.
The students demanded the reinstatement of President Mohamed Morsi.
Many students were arrested over accusations of participating in clashes with security forces, which left casualties among students.
Students’ movements have called universities to carry out tests for imprisoned students to save “their careers.” A recent response came from Helwan University saying that special committees have been formed to supervise the tests in Torah Prison.
