The Salafī Front has stated that it is not Islamically permissible for Muslims to congratulate Copts on their religious festivals and that attending the Church to offer congratulations would be a “sin”. This is in response to an invitation from the Coptic Church to President Mursī to attend a ceremony celebrating Easter. Khālid al-Misrī, a member of the Front’s political bureau, said that it was important to differentiate between religious festivals and social occasions. He said that while congratulating Copts on their religious festivals was not permissible, it was permissible for Egyptian Muslims to offer congratulations or condolences on social occasions such as weddings and funerals. The Salafī Front and al-Rāyah al-Salafī Party both said President Muhammad Mursi (Mursī) should not attend the ceremony and condemned the Church for inviting him, claiming that it was trying to benefit from his presence.  Khālid Yūsuf, leader of al-Rāyah Al-Salafī, said that Muslims and Christians have to move away from debates about such formalities and work to resolve the current climate of tension (Ahmad Subhī, Al-Tahrīr, Apr. 29, p. 7). Read original text in Arabic.