25/3/2024
The Department of Social Activity at the General Administration of Student Welfare organizes a symposium entitled (Intellectual deviations among extremist groups and ways of treating them) at the Faculty of Arts, within the family and community awareness program in cooperation with the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, with the slogan “A stable family = a safe society,” under the patronage of the Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif; Dr. Abdelrazek Desouky, President of the University; Dr. Mohamed Abd El-Aal, Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, and Dr. Rushdy Al-Adawy, General Coordinator of Student Activities at the University, and in the presence of Dr. Walid Al-Beheiri, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and the follow up and organization of the social activity department in the General Administration for Student Welfare at the university.
Prof. Dr. Abdelrazek Desouky, President of the University, indicates that the aim of these seminars is to correct misconceptions among young people, disseminate community and family awareness, strengthen the structure of the Egyptian family and increase its cohesion, support the people of the country in defending it and its capabilities, and reduce and confront the phenomenon of extremism, in addition to how to protect oneself and others from falling into the clutches of extremist ideas, pointing out that the current situation requires an educational strategy that takes into account the religious and moral system of our societies, with the aim of preserving identity, and keeping our children from falling victim to extremist ideas, which aim to influence their identity and affiliations.
Otherwise, Dr. Mohamed Abd El-Aal, Vice President of the University for Education and Students’ Affairs, points out the importance of the family’s role in building society. The more the family is able to bond and harmonize with each other, the more its members will transfer this culture to the surrounding community. Consequently, the construction of society intensified and its pillars became stronger, and it became stronger and more powerful in the face of any external changes or attempts to destabilize its structure and eliminate its basic components.
The members of the International Center for Electronic Fatwa in the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Dr. Muhammad Abd El-Maboud Afifi; Dr. Muhammad Salah Mahmoud, and Dr. Muhammad Mahmoud Shaaban lecture in the symposium, which revolves around the concept of intellectual extremism, which is considered one of the dangerous phenomena that threatens the security of the individual and society in general. In fact, the extremism of some young people in their opinions, ideas and tendencies towards some social, political and religious issues is a phenomenon that has taken place in all societies since ancient times, and to limit this phenomenon, there must be a good understanding of the true religion.
