In his first official meetings, Major General Muhammad Ibrāhīm, newly-appointed Minister of Interior Affairs, met with the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, Muftī of the Republic and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II.

The Minister visited the Grand Shaykh, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, in the Azhar headquarters, al-Darāsah area and praised the Azhar’s national role in the country (Yusrī al-Badrī and Ahmad al-Bihayrī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan 11., p. 6) Read original text in Arabic