On the other hand, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the General Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, said Pope Shenouda III was a historic figure who was a symbol of love, peace and national unity.

“The death of the pope has saddened everyone in Egypt,” said Badī’ during his visit to the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah with a delegation that included Deputy Murshid Dr. Mahmūd ‘Izzat, the group’s spokesman Mahmūd Ghuzlān and Syndicate of Journalists’ Freedoms Committee Chairman Muhammad ‘Abd al-Quddūs. [Ahmad Habīb, al-Hurīyah wal-‘Adālah, March 22, p. 1] Read text in Arabic