On Monday, January 5, His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, accompanied by a high-level delegation, visited His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, to...

Al-Azhar Commemorates the 80th Birthday of Grand Imam Ahamd Al-Tayeb In recognition of its eminent scholars and distinguished symbols, and as a reminder to successive generations that sincere dedication is measured not by the passage of years...

    Throughout 2025, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) remained committed to its mission: monitoring, analyzing, and documenting the most pressing global issues, with a particular focus on the Palestinian cause and...

     Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has described 2025 as “The Year of Journalism’s Collapse,” noting that targeting media professionals has transgressed all boundaries. According to the organization, the Gaza...

    His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, issued a global appeal in both Arabic and English—through his official social media accounts—calling for urgent solidarity with the innocent people of Gaza,...

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf - (Researcher, AOCE, English Unit)

By: Ahmed Al-Gaisi

Marriage of Underage Girls: An investigation of the reasons, effects and the Islamic Perspective Islam is very keen to regulate all human beings’ relationships, either their relationships to Allah, or among themselves. As marriage...

By: Mohamed Ali

By: Abdullah Abdeen (Researcher at AOCE, English Unit)