On Thursday morning, the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received a high-level delegation from the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The Ivoirian delegation included the Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to...

     His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, received Mr. Agostino Palese, Ambassador of Italy to Cairo, on Monday at the headquarters of the Al-Azhar, to discuss a number of issues, foremost among them the...

     A delegation from Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE), headed by Dr. Reham Salama, AOCE’s General Director, visited Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS), seeking cooperation and...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif expresses its deepest sorrow and strongest condemnation of the heinous mass shooting that occurred today at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a Hanukkah celebration attended by families and community...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received a delegation from Al-Azhar International Academy for Training Imams (AIATIP), comprising participants from six countries: Algeria, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, India,...

     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...