Meanwhile, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb underscored the importance of participation by all groups of the society, syndicates, unions and institutions including the Azhar in the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt.

“The meeting stressed that the articles of the constitution have to be all-encompassing in order to meet the Egyptian people’s ambitions,” said Dr. Tayyīb during a meeting on Monday (March 19) with deans and professors of sharī’ah and law colleges in the Azhar. [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, March 20, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic