“The roundtable meeting invitation by the U.S. embassy in Cairo with Clinton was extended to Christian figures to discuss the status of Christians in Egypt. However, I, as an Egyptian politician, am ready to discuss issues of citizenship and human rights with Egyptians on national grounds but I refuse to attend that meeting on a religious basis,” said Jād, a member of the higher office of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party.

“I also reject the deal between the Americans and the Muslim Brotherhood to establish a religious ruling regime in Egypt,” he added. [Ibtisām Ta’lab, ‘Alā’ Sarhān and Ahmad ‘Allām, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 16, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic

[Reviewer’s Note: A report of the same content was mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 16, p. 3] Read text in Arabic