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Date of source: Sunday, April 19, 2026
A Christian lawmaker said that the old law on personal status for Christians had many flaws, as there has been more than one separate law for each denomination, let alone the fact that the current active laws were "antiquated."
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2026
In one of the most important legislative steps in modern Egyptian history, the Christian community, in all its denominations, stands on the threshold of a new legal era with the completion of all features of the "Unified Personal Status Law for Christians." This draft law, which represents the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
A Jordanian researcher, consultant, and activist, Dr. Dīmā al-Karādsheh earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of Jordan. Her expertise spans social safeguards, women’s rights and empowerment, gender-based violence, feminist theory, and Christian personal...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Dr. Martin Accad is the president of the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon, where he serves as a professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. He is also an affiliate professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena (CA). Accad received his DPhil in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
This interview was conducted by Luka Renić, editor for Dialogue Across Borders, with Dr. Wissām El-Laḥḥām in October 2025 as part of a wider DAB project on personal status laws in the Middle East. Dr. El-Lahham is a Lebanese scholar with a focus on constitutional law and political order. He has...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
This is a translated version of remarks given by Dr. Freddy al-Bayāḍī at a conference on Christian family law convened on December 6th, 2025, in Cairo. After graduating from Cairo University’s School of Medicine, Dr. al-Bayāḍī founded the Salām Medical Center in al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyya. In 2015, he...
Date of source: Monday, March 9, 2026
In Parliament and in churches, crucial discussions are underway regarding the new draft personal status law for Christians. This law is not just a legislative text but rather an attempt to strengthen the foundation of the Christian family in the face of contemporary challenges, from marriage crises...
Date of source: Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Church emphasized that this method does not represent a genuine change in faith but rather violates a constitutional principle stipulating that Christians should abide by their own religious laws on personal status matters.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Priest Rifʿat Fatḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, noted that clergymen and Christian advisors have added several measures in the new law to protect women’s interests in relation to family-related issues and disputes.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
On 29th October, during a symposium, the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) met in the province of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt to discuss issues pertaining to personal status law of non-Muslims in Egypt.
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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.