Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2010
Jamāl As'ad states that his experience with coordinating with the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections of 87 was terrible.
They refused to support him and that they hid the truth and claimed that they had supported him to show they are liberal. He argues that Copts who coordinate with the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 23, 2011
News conflicted on an expected meeting between Coptic Pope Shenouda III and the murshid (guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group Muhammad Badī'.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2011
A number of expatriate Copts issued a statement demanding a constitution free from religious influences, in accordance with human rights principles.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Copts expressed their resentment for appointing Jamāl 'As'ad in the parliament, claiming that he will use his political immunity to attack Copts and church.
Kamāl Zāghir Mūsa, coordinator of "Secular Copts" stream, relate the reason of increasing the appointed Copts to 7, might be, to absorb...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Anger spread among Copts after announcing the appointment of ten (seven are copts) in the parliament; Copts' outrage came over appointing Jamāl As‘ad, coptic thinker known for his hostility to church and attacking Pope Shenouda, in addition, excluding Georgette Qalīnī for her defense on Copts...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Pope Shenouda postponed returning from Monastery of Saint Bīshūy (Dayr Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al-Natrūn that was scheduled in Sunday December 12, 2010.
Pope didn't state the time of his arrival but its expected that it will be before his well-known weekly sermon in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2010
Hanī Labīb wrote in his opinion article about the republican decision by Husnī Mubārak to appoint ten members in the Parliament, which one of them is Jamāl 'Ās'ad.
Labīb said that regardless of his disapproval with some of 'Ās'ad's position in some cases, he believes that he has a long political...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
Bishāy is pleased not only with the appointment of Jamāl As‘ad to parliament, but especially with his statement that he does not represent the Copts politically, but instead will be "an MP for all Egyptians."
He expresses support for As‘ad's assertion that Copts should not run in elections on the...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2010
Jamāl As‘ad, the appointed member of parliament, has said that he is aiming for a social discourse on the unified law for building houses of worship, as well the personal affairs for non-Muslims draft legislation.
He alleges that Copts’ problems will not be solved by sectarian demands, but on the...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2010
An church source says that a meeting between Pope Shenouda III and MP Jamāl As‘ad is being set up.
This comes after the Pope was contacted by Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī from the Shūrá Council, who told the Pope that As‘ad would like to apologize for any unnecessary attacks he may have made on the Church....