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32. 13 Copts urge the government for 3 million pounds as a compensation for the eradication of pigs
Date of source: Saturday, November 28, 2009
A lawsuit is brought by Copts against all the governors who issued orders to execute Egypt’s pigs. As a result of this decision, about a million families who used to breed pigs, or benefitted from the industries based on them, were negatively affected.
17. The Franciscan School refuses to apply the court’s decision regarding hijab-wearing students
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2008
Rihām ‘Atif reports on the Franciscan School and its decision to prevent its students to wear hijāb.
40. A Copt accuses the Clerical Council of forging a statement by his wife claiming him mentally ill so that she can marry another while Pope Shenouda ignores his complaint
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2008
The article sheds light on the case of Mamdūh, a Copt, whose wife, Muná, left him to marry another. Muná obtained a decree granting her a divorce because she claimed Mamdūh was psychologically troubled. Consequently, Mamdūh demands an investigation questioning the credibility of the decree.
11. An interview with the preparatory student that the nuns’ school has forced to take off the hijab...says: I asked the headmistress what is wrong with the hijab...she shouted: our system will not change even if you obtain a court ruling
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
The article presents an interview with student Nashwá Jamāl who has been prevented from entering her Catholic school because she insists on wearing the hijāb.
40. Matrūh governor and the head of al-Hamam City Council ignite sectarian sedition after seizing the land of the former president of the stock exchange, mistreating pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and using discriminating language
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2007
A quarrel over a 500-acre plot of land among former President of the Stock Exchange Shuhdī ‘Āzir, and the head of al-Hamām City Council ‘Abd al-Allāh Sālim and the governor of Matrūḥ ignited signs of sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians.
34. Ministry of Interior obliges Christians to become Muslims on their identity cards
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Many Christians were surprised that their religion on their identity cards had been changed.
39. A Muslim wife discovers that her husband is a Christian after having their first child, and later discovers that he was wanted
Date of source: Monday, November 20, 2006
After her first baby, Muná Mahmūd, an Egyptian Muslim, discovered that her husband was Christian and that he had been deceiving her the whole time by pretending to be a Muslim.
45. Mubarak’s decree on church renovation before the court
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
The author records the comments of Coptic lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla, who opposed the president maintaining his authority relating to church-building decisions.
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