Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb sent a cable on Tuesday (January 24) to Dr. Muhammad Sa’d al-Katātnī congratulating him over his election as speaker of the first parliament after the January 25, 2011 revolution.

Dr. Tayyīb expressed hope the new parliament would achieve prosperity and bring Egypt more security and stability in a democratic atmosphere.

Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III also sent a congratulatory cable to Katātnī and his two deputies ‘Abd al-‘Alīm Dāwūd and Ashraf Thābit, expressing his wish for them and the Egyptian parliament to overcome challenges and achieve the aspirations of the “great Egyptian people”. [Ashraf Sādiq and Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, Jan. 25, p. 22]