Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) followed with great appreciation the official statement issued by the Canadian Prime Minister on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha for the year 2026. In his statement,...

His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Prof. Ahmed al-Tayeb received Archbishop Samy Fawzy, Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria, along with an accompanying delegation, who extended their congratulations to His Eminence...

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack carried out by two armed extremists, driven by hate speech and incitement against Islam, which targeted the Islamic Center in San Diego, California, USA, resulting...

His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, received Sheikh Tomasz Miśkiewicz, Mufti of Poland and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Religious Union, at the Al-Azhar headquarters to discuss enhancing Al-Azhar’s...

     His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, received His Excellency Éric Chevallier, the French Ambassador to Egypt, to discuss ways of bolstering bilateral cooperation and strengthening cultural and...

By: Noura Mahmoud Abu Ibrahim (Researcher, English Unit, AOCE)

       The Prophet’s immigration (hijrah) is a unique event in Islamic history, serving as the launching pad for the nascent Islamic nation toward consolidating its foundations, establishing its presence, securing its...

  Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is not just an act of worship or a set of rituals performed by a pilgrim. Rather, it is more a profound message aimed at reforming the human being and renewing relationship with the Almighty Allah, with...

     Tolerance is often described as the art of accepting others, whether they are different in appearance, language, culture, religion or all of these at once. However, is tolerance truly an art of genuine acceptance or merely a...

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf (Researcher, English Unit, AOCE)