Middle East newspaper reported that General Secretariat of the Al-Azhar, decided to withdraw the book, which was entitled "scientific report" and published by Dr. Mohamed Emara, chief editor of Al-Azhar magazine.
The General Secretariat of the Al Azhar issued a statement assuring that they withdrew the book after angry reactions of Coptic where the Bible described as "interpolated", and that the Christians are "polytheists".
The Secretariat stressed in its statement that Al-Azhar and its Sheikh respect Christianity and Christians.