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...

      His Eminence, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad al-Tayeb, extends heartfelt congratulations to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian people on the tenth anniversary of the 30 June Revolution,...

     Al-Azhar renews its call for boycotting of Swedish products and urges Muslim nations to adopt strong and united stands over Qur’an burning; and asks institutions and Fatwa bodies to publish fatwa (legal Islamic opinions)...

By: Mohamed Ali

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

     The article entitled Double Standards and Distortion: How the NYT Misreports Sexual Violence in Israel/Palestine appears on FAIR website. It provides a critical reviews to media bias. The writer, Owen Schacht, is pursuing a...

Prof. Mohamed El-Dewini Al Azhar Grand Imam’s Deputy Translated by Mohamed Ali El-Kazzaz   Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon the Seal of the Messengers and God’s mercy to...

From a speech by Prof. Ahmad Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar