Al-Azhar congratulated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, on the occasion of his selection of Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz as Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of the Interior, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz as Deputy Crown Prince, second Deputy premier and defense minister.

This congratulation came in a statement issued by Al-Azhar on Monday in Cairo, in which Al-Azhar prayed to Allah to support the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the good of the kingdom and the Islamic and Arab countries, and wished success for the Crown Prince and the Deputy Crown to serve their homeland and the Arab and Islamic nations.