Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah appealed to Egyptians to avoid violence and conflicts while they are casting their votes in the presidential elections and not to pay attention to calls that spark divisions.

“The Egyptian people’s will and results of the elections must be respected and accepted in fair and free elections,” said Jum’ah after he voted on Wednesday (May 23), noting the nation’s next president is going to be the president of all Egyptians with all their different political, partisan, religious and ideological affiliations. [Khālid Mūsá, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, May 24, p. 5] Read text in Arabic