Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said the people are choosing their president with their own free will for the first time through fair electoral process.

“This is a historic day for Egypt and its people,” said Tayīb after casting his vote in the district of Heliopolis, urging voters to choose their candidates without being succumbed to pressures or financial, moral or service bribes. [Khālid al-Mat’anī and Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, May 24, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic