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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 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,...
Rawān Lāshīn, a member of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Relations Committee, has stated that the new Personal Status Law will serve the interests of the family as well as preserving the rights and well-being of children. She revealed that the new law, which is being submitted for final...
Sūlāf Darwīsh, the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Manpower Committee, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve...
In a message confirming the unity of the Egyptian people, a number of Christian representatives in the House of Representatives were keen to congratulate Egyptians on the advent of the Islamic New Year.
Last year, the Egyptian Cabinet increased the punishment for female genital mutilation (FGM) to a maximum 20-year prison sentence, but this has not limited the spread of the practice. 
For the first time in years, Catholics in Egypt don’t have to work on Christmas, not because the government made it a national holiday, but because their Christmas happens to fall on the weekend, on Friday and Saturday. For many ages, Egyptian Catholics have demanded that the western Christmas (the...
Amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act under Law No. 94 of 2015 have established essential parameters to confront terrorists and block the sources which finance extremist activates. These amendments were approved by the Parliament’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, headed by...
Before their session today, Sunday, the House of Representatives, head by Dr. Ḥanafī Jabālī, released a statement expressing their immense anger and condemnation for the Israeli attack on worshippers in al-Aqṣā Mosque, calling recent actions by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians in...
Counsellor Munṣif Najīb Sulaymān, member of parliament and representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that the second parliamentary session's agenda will include a legislative proposal for Christian families; a draft that can be considered a civilizational leap for Christian families...

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