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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: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda III said that he does not question inter-sectarian marriage and pointed out that he could not recognize non-Orthodox marriages. Head of the Baptist Church, Father Botros Falta‘ūs, said that his meeting with the pope touched upon the Personal Status Law for Copts, of which the Baptist...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
Munsif Sulaymān, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the legal committee of the Ministry of Justice, said that the Personal Status Law for Christians is ready, and has been approved by the ministry following its approval by Pope Shenouda III. He says that the final step would be an...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Dr. Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī is set to defend his Ph.D. thesis on second marriage for Copts next December at Cairo University. The thesis committee consists of Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, Dr. Ahmad Fathī Surūr, Pope Shenouda III, and Dr. Hassan ‘Abd al-Bāsit al-Jumay‘ī. Bibāwī claims that the thesis contains...
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: Monday, June 28, 2010
The article focuses on a new bill to allow adoption among Christians in Egypt and the disputes among the three churches on the unified personal status law.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
This article highlights a symposium at the Yūnān Labīb Center for Historical Studies, discussing the unified personal status law for non-Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Greek Orthodox Bishop Nicola Antonios suggested the Egyptian government consider adopting the Syrian Personal Status Law, given the two countries' historical bindings, cultural similarities, and Muslim-Christian coexistence. In an official statement, Antonios expressed his respect for the law and...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2010
The author highlights the meeting between Pope Shenouda of Alexandria and Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, the State’s Minister for Parliamentary Councils, to discuss the unified personal status law for Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article defends the Church against attacks it faced after it declared its refusal to implement the court decision giving permission for divorcees to remarry.
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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.