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...

     The US State Department spokesperson, Mathew Miller, announced that the US has decided not to restrict military aid to an Israeli battalion accused of human rights violations after it concluded that they were...

     Churches, mosques and synagogues have recently been targeted in a series of shootings and bombings all over the world. On 21 April 2019, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital,...

     The previous two articles show clearly that neither Allah, Most High, nor the Prophet (PBUH), nor any of the dignified Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) had ever identified a particular verse in the Quran as the...

     The first article on this topic shows that neither Allah, Most High, nor the Prophet (PBUH), nor any of the Companions had ever said that the Quran contains a verse called "The Verse of the Sword", which clearly...

     Many people around the world, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, believe that Islam is a religion that accepts others and deals with them justly and kindly. Yet, some others promulgate the idea that Qur’anic verses on...

     Ever since 9/11, the word “Jihad” has come to be one of the most well-known concepts to non-Muslims. Jihad is considered the main concept that radical groups adopt as a core ideology. It is true that...