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...

    His Eminence Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, (MCE) extends his sincere congratulations to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, kings, presidents, and...

          Islam is a religion that promotes peace and peaceful coexistence among all mankind, and thus views the protection of the Muslim Ummah from any aggression as the principal reason behind waging any war...

        Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) hijrah (migration) from Mecca to Medina was a significant milestone in the Islamic history as it marked the beginning of the real Muslim state and enabled Muslims to...

     Al-Azhar has closely followed up the reports of sexual harassment incidents recently circulated by the mass media outlets and social media networks including harassers’ violent attacks on those trying to save women....

Ten years after his (PBUH) migration (Hijra) to Medina, Prophet Muhammad went back to Mecca to perform the fifth pillar of Islam, and so many people attended it with him (PBUH). So, it was a great opportunity to highlight the main foundations of...

     The Rohingya population, who have fled their country to escape the persecution and brutality of the Burmese authorities, at whose hands they were put to the scourge of murder, burning, torture and rape, are still...