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...

By Mohamed Ali El-Kazzaz

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)...