The Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, headed by Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, issued an official statement in response to "fabricated controversy" over the legitimacy of celebrating the mawlid of al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Badawī, one of the symbols of Islamic Sufism in Egypt and the Islamic world. It affirmed that the ongoing controversy is not based on knowledge; it is just an attempt to chase trends at the expense of religious principles.