Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) is leading the International Intellectual Movement at the British University in Egypt (BUE) to promote integration between religions and human rights. In collaboration with...

     As part of growing collaboration, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received officials from the European Union (EU) and representatives of member states for a study visit organized by the Directorate-General...

    On the occasion of Police Day, observed on January 25, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism reaffirms that security is the fundamental pillar upon which nations are built, as neither economic development nor social stability...

     Edinburgh Central Mosque in Scotland was vandalized with inflammatory messages and offensive drawings, reflecting rising tensions fueled by far-right online misinformation. Scottish police received a complaint on the morning...

         His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad At-Tayyeb, received Bosnia and Herzegovina’s minister of foreign affairs to discuss the potentials of joint collaboration. During the meeting, the Grand...

Ten years after his (PBUH) migration (Hijra) to Medina, Prophet Muhammad went back to Mecca to perform the fifth pillar of Islam, and so many people attended it with him (PBUH). So, it was a great opportunity to highlight the main foundations of...

     The Rohingya population, who have fled their country to escape the persecution and brutality of the Burmese authorities, at whose hands they were put to the scourge of murder, burning, torture and rape, are still...

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq- President of Al-Azhar Center for Dialogue

By: Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq President of Al-Azhar Center for Dialogue       If we look at present-day life, we can see that the problem of peace now preoccupies or at least concerns more or less the whole...

By: Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq President of Al-Azhar Center for Dialogue   Only the language of peace, i.e. a truly just action and the striving towards it, can lead to the rational development of man and to understanding among...