Shaykh 'Abd al-Hādī al-Qasabī, grand shaykh of the Sufī tarīqah’s,  announced that more than 50 leaders of Sufi tarīqahs support Field Marshal 'Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī to run for presidential elections. He said that they agreed on supporting somebody who enjoys overwhelming appreciation and is backed by the people, somebody who possesses the necessary features to lead and who is able to take decisions in these critical days (Hussām 'Abd al-'Alīm, al-Akhbār, Feb. 14. p. 8). Read original text in Arabic here.