Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) participated in the annual international conference, “Women's Voices: Exploring the Role and Impact of Muslim Female Preachers in Africa” organized by the...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif strongly condemns the Iranian attacks that targeted the brotherly nations of the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain and caused damage to several civilian and economic facilities in Kuwait. Al-Azhar...

    His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, extends his heartfelt congratulations and sincere best wishes to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and to His Royal Highness...

    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...

By: Ahmed Al-Gaisi

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf

       Throughout many decades, media coverage has been portraying Islam as a violent and bloody religion whose main aim is to force all people either to adopt Islam or be killed. This is done by focusing on some extremist...

     Determining one’s identity usually involves “differentiating oneself from what one is not” (Benhabib, 1996, p. 3). Identity, as a matter of fact, involves similarity (sameness) and dissimilarity (uniqueness)...

By/ Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf