On July 30 Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu’tī Bayūmī passed away. I was first introduced to Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu’tī Bayūmī by Dutch Jesuit priest, Fr. Christiaan van Nispen, in 1995. The two men had been friends for many years and thus meeting him through Father van Nispen was an excellent start for to long-lasting friendship.  I have spent hundreds of hours in personal meetings with Dr. Bayūmī whose house was always open to receive me, always in his study.  He also accepted any person I introduced to him: student interns, scholars, western clergy and western members of parliament.  Any question could be asked.  He always had the patience to provide detailed explanations if an answer was not clear to a non-Muslim, never telling us to go and one time the discussion even lasted until 2:00 in the morning.