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,...

     Al-Azhar renews its call for boycotting of Swedish products and urges Muslim nations to adopt strong and united stands over Qur’an burning; and asks institutions and Fatwa bodies to publish fatwa (legal Islamic opinions)...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) strongly condemns the decision taken by the Swedish authorities as they approved a small Quran-burning demonstration outside a mosque in Stockholm on Wednesday, claiming that...

By: Osama Raslan, Ph.D., legal linguist, head, AOCE English Unit

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