First: In relation to the enhancement of the youth's engagement in civil and community work, the Forum recommends the following: 1. The development of training programs for youth to improve their community and...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) expresses its profound sorrow over the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, emphasizing its recognition of the Pope’s significant contributions towards the promotion of...

     As part of its “Towards an Azhari Approach to Combat Extremism” initiative and in light of its endeavours to counter extremist ideologies and immunize youth, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism presented...

      Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) vehemently denounces the blatant incursion perpetrated by the extremist Zionist Minister of Security and a group of Zionist settlers into the courtyards of the blessed...

     His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb extended his heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Arab kings, presidents and princes, and Arab and Islamic...

            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,...

    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...

     Takfi̅r basically means to attribute the state of disbelief (kufr) to a person. Kufr, according to a definition given by Ibn Ḥazm, means to deny something that God has made a constituent part of belief, and that such denial...

    In 17 AH/637 AD, and on Abū Mūsa al-Ashʻri’s  advice, the second Rightly Guided Caliph ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb decided to establish the year in which the Prophet immigrated to Madīnah as the beginning of the Islamic...

(1) Seditious Speech (fitnah-inciting speech)