Al-Azhar Observer in Foreign Languages highly praises the statements of Pope Francis to reporters about Islam aboard the plane flying him back from Poland to Rome. The Pope stated that there it is not right to identity Islam with violence as this...

Al-Azhar denounces in the strongest terms the shooting attack that targeted a shopping center in the southern city of Munich, Friday evening and has killed and injured multiple individuals. Al-Azhar also stresses its strong condemnation of such...

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif strongly condemns the terror attack which took place in Orlando, Florida, and which resulted in the murder of 50 and the injury of 53 others. In this connection, Al-Azhar strongly stresses that such awful and barbaric crimes...

c to Paris, His Eminence, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, and Head of the Muslim Council of Elders, delegated Prof. Ibrahim Al-Hudhud, Rector of Al-Azhar University to sign a protocol between Al-Azhar University and the...

The Grand Imam: * We are determined to combat the extremist ideology … and are willing to establish a cultural center in Paris to introduce the authentic faith  * There must be a body responsible for administering Mosques in...

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)