Pope Shenouda III called for the necessity of reinterpreting some of the verses of the Qur’an and the Holy Bible that deal with procreation. He said that he had raised the awareness of preachers and priests that the number of children one breeds is not the gist of the matter. Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Endowments], confirmed the importance of interpreting the Qur’anic verse and the Hadiths that talk about reproduction, with a valid intellectual logic.