As the news of terrorism, terrorist operations take the lead in news and daily events in the post-September-eleven-world; the polarization scale has increased and with it has intensified the attempts to accuse religions, especially Islam, of standing behind these acts, by claiming that what is happening these days is because of the teachings of religions and holy books. Of course, this polarization process is part of a plan to exclude religion and its spiritual and participatory dimensions and its role in realizing the meaning of humanity of humans, regardless of the nature of religion and the extent of its popularity. ... Read More

Entering the XXI century of scientific advancement and astonishing communication between nations and cultures, Homo Informaticus has been infected by Islamophobia, a new form of racism. The diagnosis includes religious illiteracy and cultural amnesia: new specimen, a victim of information terror, bends human principles set in the Quran and the Bible. George Orwell, in spite of his own complicated views of faiths, predicted the emerging new reality – a result of total brainwashing, in his novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”. For the sake of shared justice and the future, Muslims and Christians should use the ... Read More

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Peace and Blessing of Allah be upon you At the outset, I would like to welcome you and notably the honorable guests of Egypt. Distinguished Guests of the Eastern and Western Churches, Your Eminence and Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentle Men, I would like to welcome you all and cordially thank wholeheartedly for accepting the invitation of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and the Muslim Council of Elders to attend the conference organized by Al-Azhar entitled "Al-Azhar International Peace Conference". This is not our first conference to discuss the issue and may ... Read More

Perhaps one of the most important misconceptions among those advocating violence and extremism in our Islamic history and our present reality is the concept of the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. This noble act has been widely cited and encouraged in the Quran, and its establishment is celebrated in the noble Sunnah as a coveted value ​​of the Muslim community. Allah said, “Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.” [3: 104] An authentic ... Read More

The issue of allegiance and innocence is one of the thorniest issues on which the extremist discourse is based. It is used to justify their positioning of Muslims towards non-Muslims. They have expanded the Noble Quranic and Prophetic concepts on this issue that primarily seek to unify the Ummah against its enemies and build internal immunity against treachery. The extremists have turned to an internal mechanism applied to the Muslims. The subject of allegiance and loyalty has developed into two streams. One believes that Islam should take an aggressive stance by calling its followers to isolate from outsiders and boycott ... Read More

The Muslim Ummah has never experienced a more divisive issue than that of takfir that emerged during the schism of the Ummah into groups and sects. Each group has monopolised the right to represent the true version of Islam, and all other groups are deviant. There are many reasons for such a stand most of which are political. Politics does not enter a phenomenon except spoils it. The increased politicisation of Islam in the early centuries resulted in intellectual debate with the exception of the Kharijites who advocated takfir of its opponents and spilt the blood of thousands of innocent ... Read More