With the endorsement of the Grand Imām Ahmad al-Tayyib Shaykh of the Azhar, a new branch of ‘Bayt al-‘Ailah (a body related to the Azhar comprised of Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars), was inaugurated in the governorate of Sohag by several officials, among them Dr. ‘Abbās Shūmān, Deputy of the Azhar. Shūmān said that the organization had already produced fruitful results from its work. (‘Alī Rajab, al-Dustūr, May. 18, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic here.