Awqaf Minister Mohamed Gomaa announced disciplinary actions on Friday against the preacher of the great Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Citadel of Cairo over absence on the first day of Eidul Fitr.

The absence of the preacher forced the prayers' Imam to stand step up the pulpit to address the worshipers. The stand-by Imam was rewarded.

Meantime, head of the religious department at the ministry suspended another preacher over the arrival delay.