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...

On September 24, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received a group of trainee Polish diplomats as part of its ongoing effort to raise awareness of the dangers of extremism and its growing impact on global stability. During the...

* AOCE warns against the graveness of ‘singing’ the Qur’an and calls for a legislation to regulate AI uses with sacred text Over the last few weeks, the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) has been detecting...

     His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmed Al-Tayeb extends his heartfelt congratulations to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Islamic nation on the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet of...

     Al-Azhar Al-Sharif condemns in the strongest terms the bloody massacre carried out by Zionist entity, Tuesday, in al-Mawasi camp, Khan Yunis, targeting displaced people with bombs and missiles, in an area designated as...

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq President of Al-Azhar Center for Dialogue Edited by: Dr. Kamal Boraiqa Abdelsalam Hassan 1- There are many non-Muslims who have misunderstood the concept of Jihad in Islam. They even mistranslated the word...

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq

     As the pace of Zionist Judaization of Jerusalem accelerates; Zionist attacks on Islamic sanctities, including the blessed mosque of al-Aqsa in Al-Haram Al-Sharif (Temple Mount) are increasing. Additionally, Zionist...

    Al-Quds (Jerusalem) is a holy city for all Muslims. It derives its holiness from several religious and historical factors, including the following: The First Qiblah The first thing Jerusalem stands for in Muslims’...

     A couple of weeks ago, the entire world was deeply shocked by the terror attack against Al-Rawdah Mosque in Egypt wherein more than 305 persons were slain in what is described by the international press as the...