Scholars from Al-Azhar declared the writings to Farag Foda to be blasphemous.[54] Muhammad al-Ghazali, a member of Al-Azhar, declared Foda to be guilty of apostasy.[54] According to Geneive Abdo, Muhammad al-Ghazali also added that anyone killing an apostate would not be punished, while according to Nathan Brown, Muhammad al-Ghazali stopped just short of condoning Foroda's assassination.