The Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Arab Republic of Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Kattan, expressed profound thanks and appreciation to His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, for performing a funeral prayer in absentia in Al-Azhar Mosque, for the dear late His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, May Allah bless him. Kattan also extended thanks and appreciation to every participant in the prayer, mainly the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Joma'a; Dr Mohammad Abdul Fadeel, the Minister of Religious Endowments; Dr. Abdul Qaway Khalifah, the Governor of Cairo as well as representatives of Al-Azhar, foreign ambassadors, government officials, representatives of different political powers and faithful Egyptian people. His Excellency Kattan also expressed profound thanks and appreciation to everyone who extended condolences for the dear late, Prince Nayef, including Lieutenant General Sami Anan deputy head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces; General Hassan Al-Roueini; Central Military Zone Commander; General Mohammad Al-Assar member of the SCAF; Dr. Nabil Al-Araby, Secretary General of The Arab League; presidential candidate, Mohammad Morsi; Dr. Mohammad Badie, General Guide of Muslim Brotherhood; his deputy, Khairat Al-Shater; Dr. Mohammed Mahdi Akef, former General Guide of Muslim Brotherhood; Dr. Ahmad Fahmy, speaker of the Shura Council; Hamdeen Sabahi, former presidential candidate; Dr. Saad Al-Kattatni; Saint Pachomius, the acting patriarch of Coptic Orthodox; The Church delegation; the Interior Ministry delegation; media persons; journalists; athletes; writers; intellectuals and faithful Egyptian people. His Excellency Kattan made clear that the participation in the funeral prayer reflects the status of the late Crown Prince, May Allah bless him and his pioneering role in serving Islam, then the Saudi Monarch, his Kigdom, Arab and Islamic nations. This also reflects Egyptian people's appreciation of Prince Nayef
