The Secretariat of the Islamic Research Academy (IRA) emphasizes that Human Fraternity’s initiatives and building independent places of worship for non-Muslims to freely practice their religious rituals while keeping...

     The Islamic Research Academy has released a statement on the controversial calls for forming a doctrinal entity of the three divine religions under the name "the Abrahamic Religion". The statement stated that...

     His Eminence Prof. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, received at Al-Azhar Headquarters, her excellency Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, to discuss ways of promoting cooperation and key global issues of...

     Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) received a delegation from the Council of Europe Committee on Counter-Terrorism (CDCT) on Tuesday, February, 28th 2023. During the visit, Dr. Reham Salama; Executive Director...

   Our shining example Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was a religious, social, and political leader, to the extent that a lot of non-Muslims bore testimony to his great character. Nowadays we notice that some people judge him without having...

     With the advent of the lunar month Rabīʻ al-Awal, the Muslim world celebrates a very remarkable occasion that brings festivities to every Muslim household; it is the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). For Muslims, this...

Defamation is a restricted form of speech under the Sharia, and has been tackled at length in the Sharia literature as shall be elaborated below. Definition and Scope The equivalent Arabic term for defamation is tashhi̅r. Literally, Shahara...