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Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2017
The recently adopted personal status law endorses the legitimization of the ʿUrfī -or unofficial customary marriage between an Egyptian woman and her non-Egyptian husband, provided the following major 11 conditions are fulfilled:
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2017
The Coptic woman's ambition never ends; she is tireless, and never gives up trying to get her rights, especially in facing the church’s legacy of dominance over women’s affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2009
A bill concerning ‘urfī marriages that was proposed by the female Member of Parliament Ibtisām Habīb was opposed by another MP because she is a Christian.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
The article describes a homicidal incident which involved two brothers who killed their sister to avenge the family’s honor and dignity.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Muhammad Sayyid reports on different opinions of Muslim scholars concerning the recent Fatwá that permits ‘Urfī marriages.
Date of source:
A book published ten years ago has triggered a recent uproar. The book ?Mas?ouleyit fashal al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fil asr al-H...
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
In a complaint made to al-Sāhil chief prosecutor, a Christian woman accused an Evangelical pastor of swindling and marrying her off to a married inspector at the National Authority for Insurance and Pensions through a pseudo-contract of marriage and unknown church’s rituals.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
Divorce issues pose serious problems in many Copts’ private life and are causing a severe conflict between the state and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
A study carried out by
the
Ministry of Social Affairs showed that there are twenty-one thousand children in Egypt who have no name,
identity
or legal existence. These children are the outcome of ‘urfī or unofficial marriages
in which the
father refuses to acknowledge the paternity of his...
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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.