His Eminence Prof. Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, received Prof. Nazir Ayad, the Grand Mufti of Egypt on Thursday at Al-Azhar's headquarters, leading a delegation of guests attending the Egyptian Dar Al-Iftaa...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif extends its heartfelt condolences and sincere sympathies to the leadership, government, and people of Algeria, as well as to the families of those lost in the widespread forest fires that have swept across...

     The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar extends his sincere congratulations to His Excellency President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Arab and Muslim nations on the occasion of the birth anniversary...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif extends its deep condolences and sympathies to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, its leadership and people, and to the families of the victims of devastating floods and landslides in the Himalayas...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE), in collaboration with the Central Administration for Student Affairs of Al-Azhar Institute Sector, continues AOCE’s interactive awareness workshops in Port Said under...

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