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Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Egypt’s Administrative Court has upheld a previous ruling requiring that the Coptic Orthodox Church issue remarriage licenses for divorcees. Presiding judge Kamāl Lam‘ī rejected the two appeals because he says they failed to provide any convincing reason to overturn the prior ruling, which was...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2010
This article looks at the Egyptian Court ruling allowing re-marriage, and the Christian Church’s refusal to accept it.
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article details the Supreme Administrative Court’s final ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women, and their children, of Egyptian citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Supreme State Security Emergency Court in Qena postponed the "Nagaa Hamady Massacre" trial yesterday until October 17th in order to hear the testimony of Bishop Kirollos. His testimony was requested by defendant El-Sayyed attorney, Dr. El-Sebai Ahmed El-Sebaei and Colonel Abdel Hakeem Al-Alaky...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2010
Councilor Ahmed Shams has been responsible for some of the most significant rulings throughout the last 40 years in which he has been a member of the judiciary. The most recent of these ruling is Copts' right to second marriage, a matter with which Pope Shenouda III refuses to comply.
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Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2010
Legal bodies question Muslim women’s rights to wear the niqāb during university exams.
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
This article details the trial and background of the three men charged with perpetrating the shooting in Nag Hammadi on the Coptic Christmas Eve.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Two trials related to the recent Nag Hammadi incident have been adjourned. The first trial involved three suspects in the shooting the other involved Girgis Baroumi Girgis—the man accused of provoking the incident by raping a 12 year old Muslim girl. Girgis’ defense team had requested that the case...
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 2010
In March 2010, priests in Shubra were acquitted on charges of unapproved, yet structurally necessary restoration work in their churches, thereby setting an important legal precedent which confirmed the Church’s right to take necessary action without official permission. This ruling comes as a...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Another session in the trial of the suspects in the case of the attacks in Naj‘ Hammādī was scheduled for April 18, 2010. The suspects’ defense refuted the decision to refer the case to the State Security court, asking instead to refer it to the Supreme Constitutional Court. One of the three...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.