Meanwhile, the People’s Assembly on Sunday grilled Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah over his recent visit to Jerusalem and the al-Aqsá Mosque and requested him to offer his resignation.

The majority of members of parliament considered the visit as undermining Jum’ah’s credibility, harming the Palestinian issue and representing normalization with Israel. [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qādir and Muhammad Gharīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, April 23, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic