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With the recent cabinet approval of the draft Personal Status Law for Christians to be passed to parliament for debate and approval, controversy was sparked over its ability to address existing crises and achieve a balance between judicial rulings and the visions of different churches. Lawyer...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Bishop Būlā of the Coptic Orthodox Church explained his recent statements that about 40% of the articles of the draft Personal Status Law for Christians were in agreement with the Islamic Sharīʿa, which have sparked widespread controversy. "There has been some misunderstanding of my statement. What...
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In a move aimed at tightening the regulation of marriage procedures for Christian denominations, Article 14 of the draft Personal Status Law for Christians set a clear legal framework for documenting the marriage contract, precisely specifying the data and procedures that must be available to...
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Coptic Orthodox Bishop Būlā of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies revealed that men and women will be equal in inheritance in accordance with the new draft Personal Status Law for Christians, which is in agreement with the Holy Bible. "Regarding inheritance, we stick to the text of the constitution stating...
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Anbā Bākhūm, the Patriarchal Auxiliary for the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Patriarchal Diocese Affairs, said the cabinet’s approval of the unified draft law on personal status for Christians was an "important step" towards regulating family affairs in a manner taking into consideration the particular...
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Date of Publication: Sunday, March 11, 2012
The majority of articles containing Coptic population figures were not published in several major English-language newspapers until after 1956. Articles in newspapers such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Toronto Star illustrate the varying tendencies of journalists in their presentation of figures.  In comparison to the CAPMAS
Date of Publication: Monday, December 19, 2011
It is the time before the presidential elections. Egypt is in the middle of a possible transitional period and a mostly transitional mood. Since I arrived in Cairo in October 2011, people were highly politicized (which does not mean full of revolutionary thoughts) and most of them still are. It was then that I heard for the first time the
Date of Publication: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Earlier this year, Egyptian Coptic intellectual Dr. Rafīq Samuel Habīb was named as the vice president of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party -the newly founded political party of the Muslim Brotherhood. Already one of the most controversial figures in Egyptian society, Habīb's appointment as the deputy leader of Egypt's nascent Islamist party
Date of Publication: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 9 witnessed riots in Cairo that led to the death of at least twenty-seven people and the injury of over 300, mostly from Egypt’s Coptic Christian community. The conflict followed a peaceful march from the neighborhood of Shubra, with its high percentage of Coptic residents, to the Radio and TV Building in Maspero, which has become the
Date of Publication: Saturday, October 22, 2011
This report provides critical background and previously unpublished details on the events leading up to the protests by Copts in Maspero, Cairo on October 9, 2011, which ended fatally for more than 20 protesters and injured over 100 others.  It provides interviews, photographs, videos, and documents, as evidence of the circumstances in the village

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Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2014
By: Brookings Institution
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Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
By: Haaretz
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By The Associated Press| Mar. 11, 2014 | 6:40 PM The deputy head of Egypt's dwindling Jewish community was buried Tuesday in a ceremony led by her sister.
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2014
By: Middle East Research and Information Project
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by Joshua Stacher | published February 24, 2014 - 5:21pm
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
By: Washington Post
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This video, aired by Egypt's al-Tahrir, shows two journalists with Al Jazeera English.
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2014
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The growing number of people held by Egyptian authorities as part of a frenzied campaign to crush opposition to the military-backed government has squeezed the country’s already broken criminal justice system, leading to widespread legal and human rights abuses by security forces, prosecutors and

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