Beirut, on March 19, 2012

His Eminence the Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community the Sheikh Naim Hassan addressed to the Coptic Community in Lebanon and in Egypt in particular, as well as to all the Christians and Arab people in general, his deepest condolences for the death of the pope of Copts the Anba Shenouda III, after this age marked by his generosity and devotion for the sake of human and his relation to his Creator. He had taken wise positions and sovereign opinions at every separating phase of the Egyptian and Arab history. It is enough that he was proud of believing in the victory of the Palestinian issue, refused to be soiled with the Israeli enemy and adopted openness toward the other celestial religions as a procedure in his life. His absence is a true loss for all, especially in these difficult circumstances that surround Egypt and specifically the relations between its citizens, hoping that God inspires the Copts and Egyptians with patience and consolation, and that his partisans and adepts pursue the path he had adopted.