The Department of Families and Unions at the General Administration for Youth Welfare at Menoufia University organized a workshop entitled “Combating extremist ideology and confronting it with the right thought, in the punishment of the Sinai events,” under the auspices of Dr. For Youth Welfare, in which Dr. Gamal Hammad, Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Menoufia University, attended. Students from various faculties of the university participated. Dr. Mohamed Shaheen indicated that the workshop sessions met with great interaction from the students who emphasized the importance of combating extremist ideology with thought, culture and awareness among young people. Amal El-Sawy, Director of the Families and Unions Department, added that the workshop resulted in many recommendations, the most important of which are

The importance of religious discourse represented by Al-Azhar and the Church in the face of extremist thought, and getting rid of extremist thought requires real education and its real existence and the graduation of personalities capable of criticism and constructive dialogue.