Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, sent a congratulatory cable to the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III along with the head of the three Coptic churches in Egypt (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) in which he greeted them over the Christmas. Minister of Transport, Dr. Jalāl Sa’īd, visited the pope on December 25, 2011 to enquire after his health after his medical trip at Cleveland Clinic in the U.S. State of Ohio. [Mahmūd Dā'ūd, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic