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A new problem has emerged in Egypt in recent days. It is about the freedom of Christian women in general to change their religion to Islam and the consequent possibility of marriage to a Muslim and the transition from a Christian family to a Muslim family. This is the background of tensions...
On Wednesday, a number of legal amendments will be submitted for approval by the Egyptian House of Representatives. One amendment concerns Article 6 of Law 26 from 1975 and will grant women of foreign origin the ability to pass on their nationality to their children, changing the original amendment...
A course organized by the Coptic Catholic Church and titled ‘Jesus Christ in the Muslim-Christian Dialogue’ was held recently at a church in Heliopolis in which theological lectures were delivered and the subject of religious dialogue was discussed. Elsewhere in al-Qūṣīya, events aimed at Christian...
The Papal Office for Projects organized a celebration to honor Egyptian women and recognize the integral role that they play in society. The event was organized in partnership with the National Council for Women and was inaugurated by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The celebrations...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken on the need to prioritize the correct qualities, and holding good ethics in high regard, when choosing a wife or husband. Whilst speaking on an episode of his daily Ramaḍān television show, “al-Imām al-Ṭayyīb”, the Shaykh cited...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken on the issue of verbal divorce and has stated that a general consensus between senior Islamic scholars would be required for any official position change. Recently, the Egyptian Government has called for legal amendments to divorce...
A fatwā issued by al-Azhar has led to the return of the child, Shinūda, to the Coptic couple who raised him, following his time spent in the care of social services in an orphanage. These events have once again caused the matter of Christian adoption to be examined. According to the current law,...
Nādiya Qaḥf has become the first ḥijāb-wearing Muslim woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in the US state of New Jersey. Judge Qaḥf is Syrian-American, having come to America at the age of 2 with her family. Preceding her appointment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, she specialized in...
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
The Egyptian Youth Council in Ismāʿīlīya has organized a religious symposium titled “Battle of Badr and 10th of Ramaḍān Victory”, which was implemented with cooperation of the Egyptian Family House’s branch in Ismāʿīlīya. The symposium addressed the importance of the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān,...

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