His Eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad al-Tayeb, extends his sincere congratulations to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Lieutenant General Abdel Meguid Sakr, Minister of Defense and Military Production, our valiant Armed Forces, including leadership, officers and soldiers, and to the great masses of the Egyptian people on the occasion of 52nd anniversary of the tenth of Ramadan/6th of October Victory.
Al-Azhar stresses that such victory came as a result of a sincere will and strong determination of our Egyptian valiant army and noble people. The Egyptian Armed Forces made a great epic, setting the most courageous examples of heroism and sacrifice. This victory proves that the Egyptian army is our national shield.
On this occasion, Al-Azhar calls for drawing inspiration from the spirit of the victory of the tenth of Ramadan to continuing sincere and serious work to achieve Egypt’s renaissance, security and stability. Al-Azhar prays to Allah, the Almighty, to bring back this happy occasion to our beloved Egypt with more security, safety and stability, and to protect it from all harm and evil.