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Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, the legal advisor to the Coptic Evangelical Church, said the draft Personal Status Law for Christians has set precise conditions for conducting a second marriage, considering it to be one of the most sensitive issues within the church community.
Date of source: Monday, April 20, 2026
Bishop Bākhūm, the Patriarchal Auxiliary for Catholic Patriarchal Diocese Affairs, affirmed that statements regarding the Personal Status Law for Christians will only be issued through newspapers and media outlets accredited by the Church.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Prime Minister Muṣṭafa Madbūlī held a meeting on Thursday (April 16) to follow up on draft laws regulating personal status affairs for both Muslims and Christians, as well as the draft law on the Family Support Fund.
Date of source: Monday, April 20, 2026
Rev. Rifʿat Fateḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile and a member of the committee drafting the personal status law for Christians, responded to questions about the extent to which the new law meets the aspirations of Christians regarding personal status affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
The government announced that the draft family law for Christians has been completed in a comprehensive manner.
Date of source: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Ṭāriq al-Muḥammadī, Deputy Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, said the National Front Party (NFP)’s initiative to launch a societal dialogue on the draft law on personal status affairs represents a "serious and important" step towards reforming one of the...
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...
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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.