He added in an interview with CBC channel, that he is currently living the happiest days of his life due to the success the movie, which has surpassed all expectations. "What makes me happy is that audience was mostly young people," he added in a phone-in on CBC Sunday evening. On the other hand, Endowments Ministry preacher Mohamed Dahroug fiercely criticized the movie and called on the censorship authorities to seriously reconsider screening it. The movie's director Ali stressed that there are evil preachers as well as great preachers in reality. Certain preachers who attack the movie seek to monopolize the explanation of Islamic religious texts by sticking to bigoted interpretations, even though there are several accepted interpretations, Ali said.

Source: Egypt Independent January 16, 2017 16:01 UTC