Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received a delegation of young people from the World Council of Churches (WCC) to discuss the role of religion in building global peace, establishing values of dialogue, and...

As a part of the “Listen & Talk” initiative, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) held a symposium  at the Egyptian Russian University (ERU) on “Identity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and the...

     General Director of Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE), Dr. Reham Salama, received a delegation from the Danish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, accompanied by His Excellency Ambassador Lars Bo...

     The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received His Excellency Ambassador Fumio Iwai, Ambassador of Japan to Cairo, along with Mr. Takahashi Yudai, Third Secretary at the Japanese Embassy.   During the...

     The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) hails the ceasefire agreement that has put an end to the bloodshed of the Palestinian people. The Observatory prays to Allah, the Almighty, to make this point a true...

     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...