As part of its sustained efforts to promote dialogue and understanding among peoples of different cultural backgrounds, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) participated in a panel discussion titled...

     His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, extends his sincere congratulations to His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and to the Arab and Islamic...

     As a significant step within the project of “Together...Safe Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence,” Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE), in collaboration with the “Masaena Foundation for Youth...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif expresses its solidarity with the state of Qatar, calling for respecting the independence and sovereignty of all nations over their entire lands. Al-Azhar believes that the clash of weapons does not stop...

    In collaboration with the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services in Cairo, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) hosted representatives of European and Arab civil society to promote religious and cultural...

By: Ahmed Al-Gaisi

Marriage of Underage Girls: An investigation of the reasons, effects and the Islamic Perspective Islam is very keen to regulate all human beings’ relationships, either their relationships to Allah, or among themselves. As marriage...

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...