Al-Azhar stresses that supporting countries militarily with training and arming contributes to combating terrorism and drying up the sources of extremism. Following the announcement by the Nigerien Ministry of Defense that...

    Today, the Egyptian government condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli army aggression on the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, which has resulted, so far, in the death of five people and the injury of...

     The European Union (EU) has strongly condemned the recent incident of burning the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, which has sparked outrage in Muslim countries. In an official statement, the EU emphasized that this act does not...

     AOCE calls on the international community to hold perpetrators accountable. Pursuing its efforts to shed light on the world's largest humanitarian crisis, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) takes serious...

      His Eminence, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad al-Tayeb, extends heartfelt congratulations to the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian people on the tenth anniversary of the 30 June Revolution,...

From a speech by Prof. Ahmad Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

By: Osama Raslan, Ph. D.

By: Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf

By: Osama M. Raslan, Ph.D.

     In today’s global context, marked by various crises, individuals, particularly those of religious backgrounds, are obliged to seek common values that can help humanity overcome challenges. Reading the Qur’an...