In an effort to enhance global cooperation against the rising threat of extremist ideology, Dr. Reham Salama, Executive Director of the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE), received Ms. Marilyn Olzac, Deputy...

     His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, received, Thursday, August 3rd, at the headquarters of Al-Azhar, the Pakistani Chief of Staff, Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) is closely monitoring the shooting incident that took place on Monday, July 28, 2025, inside an administrative building Manhattan, New York City, which resulted in the death...

     Dr. Reham Salama, the executive director of the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, delivered an informative lecture, entitled “Extremist Organizations' Exploitation of Religion to achieve Political...

     As part of the collaboration between the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) and the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Egypt, three researchers from AOCE participated in several seminars at the...

     ISIS has systematically exploited the holy month of Ramadan to incite and justify violence, distorting the religious significance of a month traditionally associated with mercy, worship, and spiritual reflection. While Ramadan...

     Ramadan has never been merely a month of withdrawal or inactivity; rather, throughout Islamic history it has often been a time of determination, resilience, and purposeful action. In the midst of fasting, prayer, and spiritual...

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf

     ISIS has exploited the holy month of Ramadan to incite and justify violence, distorting the religious significance of a month traditionally associated with mercy, worship, and spiritual reflection. While Ramadan historically...

  1-    How can irrational-religiosity be explained in terms of a unilateral interpretation of various religious issues? Mostly, irrational-religiosity is an outcome of unilateral (one-sided) interpretation of religious...