Grand Imam Arrives in Baku and Meets Azerbaijani President at Cop29 Climate Change Conference
    His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). This historic visit marks the first time a Grand Imam of Al-Azhar...
Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister
     The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, received Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to explore potential avenues for strengthening mutual cooperation between Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Malaysia. The Grand Imam...
Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
Towards a Youth-oriented Vision (Higher Institute of Administrative Science)
          Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, (AOCE), in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, continues the activities of the “Towards a Youth-Oriented Vision for Combating Extremism...
Friday, 8 November, 2024
A Year into Endless Genocide… AOCE Contiues to Uncover Violations and Massacres by Zionists
     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) continues its efforts to remind the whole world of the incessant, now year-old, acts of terrorism, massacres, and war crimes by the Zionist occupation. Amid shameful silence...
Sunday, 13 October, 2024
Grand Imam Congratulates Sisi, Armed Forces, and Egyptian people on 51st Anniversary of October/Ramadan Victory
     His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, extends his heartfelt congratulations to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, our valiant Armed Forces, and to the great Egyptian people on the occasion...
Sunday, 6 October, 2024
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Evils of the Tongue (4): Defamation
Defamation is a restricted form of speech under the Sharia, and has been tackled at length in the Sharia literature as shall be elaborated below. Definition and Scope The equivalent Arabic term for defamation is tashhi̅r. Literally, Shahara...
Sunday, 11 October, 2020
Foreign Fighter Returnees: An Ongoing Concern
     Defeating and getting rid of ISIS it in both Syria and Iraq have left behind remnants of fighters from different countries who had joined the Organization in its flourishing period since 2014. This is a legacy that most...
Monday, 5 October, 2020
Hate in the Age of Corona
As we are about to bid farewell to 2020, we need to reflect on a dilemma that has swept through the whole world, Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Starting at the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic –if we may say- revealed the true...
Monday, 28 September, 2020
The Antidote to Islamophobia
            Islamophobia is one of the worst problems that beset Muslims in the West. This phenomenon, which has many negative impacts on communal integrity, must be countered and rejected,...
Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
Evils of the Tongue (3): True Threats (Al-Tarwi̅‘)
    Under the Sharia, threats, regardless of whether they are made seriously, in jest or in gesture receive emphatic prohibition. The term "threatening" (Ar. tahdi̅d) can rarely be found in the classical juristic manuals, yet...
Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
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