Preacher Dr. Safwat Hijāzī said in an interview with al-Usbū' that the state will be governed by a constitution, not by means of fatwás from the clerics of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) or the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party.

All that is said about the Azhar having brought together all powers, figures, government officials and political movements is absolute nonsense. "We're still thinking in the old-fashioned way. All those bumper sticker slogans of hugs, kisses and national unity are no longer acceptable. There was nothing new about the Azhar's Freedoms Paper. Who would differ over the freedoms of belief, innovation and scientific research?"

Asked on how the next president of Egypt should be like, Hijāzī said he has to be a devout Muslim who would not sleep as long as there is a single Egyptian who is hungry, adding Egypt will not be ruled by a Copt until the United States or France is ruled by a Muslim. [Zaynab 'Abd Allāh, al-Usbū', Jan. 23, p. 17]