His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Prof. Ahmad al-Tayeb expresses his heartfelt congratulations to the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Arab and Muslim leaders, kings, presidents, and princes on the occasion...

     Al-Azhar stresses that supporting countries militarily with training and arming contributes to combating terrorism and drying up the sources of extremism. Following the announcement by the Nigerien Ministry of Defense that...

    Today, the Egyptian government condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli army aggression on the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, which has resulted, so far, in the death of five people and the injury of...

     The European Union (EU) has strongly condemned the recent incident of burning the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, which has sparked outrage in Muslim countries. In an official statement, the EU emphasized that this act does not...

     AOCE calls on the international community to hold perpetrators accountable. Pursuing its efforts to shed light on the world's largest humanitarian crisis, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) takes serious...

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf

By: Osama M. Raslan, Ph.D.

     In today’s global context, marked by various crises, individuals, particularly those of religious backgrounds, are obliged to seek common values that can help humanity overcome challenges. Reading the Qur’an...

Allah created humanity in diverse races and with different mindsets and ideas, and thus the Almighty Allah has set coexistence as a main human value since the beginning of human civilization. Since the commencement of creation, many peoples of...

By Prof. Al-Husainy Hassan Hammad[1] Translated by Elsayed Zakaria Abu Amer[2]   Jerusalem, the Holy city of peace, is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is of an Arab origin and Islamic identity whose roots date back to...