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37. Opponents of women’s priesthood are using a Christian interpretation of a hadi;th about women, which describes them as “deficient in intelligence and religion.”
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2005
The author, who is Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations, regards ordaining women as priests in churches as a sign of progress. What struck her attention most among the different viewpoints on this matter was that of Dr. Najīb Jubrā’īl, her boss, who firmly rejects...
28. Christian wives seek khul´a, while the church sticks to its rules
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2002
Khul´a is divorce upon the request of the wife]
15. The problems of marriage without permission of the pope
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2002 to الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2002
The administrative court reinstated an archpriest whom the church deposed because of marrying divorced Copts without obtaining the permission of the church. The church does not allow for divorce except for marital infidelity. That is why it does not allow a second marriage except for the one whose...
22. Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood debate applying Islamic shari‘a. Muslim Brotherhood against secular state, seeks a shari‘a-governed state. Copts: Why should we pray in a whisper, deprived of the right to build churches, be gove
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2006
A symposium on "the secularization of the state," organized under the aegis of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, has turned into a Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood debate on canceling the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which makes Islam the state religion, and Islamic sharī‘a the...
49. Conditions of Christian marriage
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2006 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2006
The author investigates why many Coptic young men are postponing marriage and examines their fears about divorce, which is not allowed in Orthodox circles, except in a few, rare cases.
36. Opponents of Pope Shenouda call for freezing al-Majlis al-Milli
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2006
As al-Majlis al-Mīllī [Coptic Orthodox Denominational Council] elections draw near, some Coptic figures, intellectuals and clergymen have criticized the church for interfering in the elections. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has been accused of favoring a circle of Copts close to him....
5. Former Christians appeal to the president to intervene to stop their handover to church
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2005
The two girls, Christine and Maryān, dismissed allegations that they were abducted and stated that they were happy with their husbands and their new religion.
4. This is Jamal As‘ad ‘Abd al-Malak
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2005
Hamdī Rizq praises Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad ‘Abd al-Malāk for his generosity, good manners and patriotism. Rizq believes that ‘Abd al-Malāk does not deserve to come under fire by those who accuse him of siding with the government against Copts and the church.
3. Forcing Christian girls to convert to Islam: Disappearance or abduction?
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2005
On December 13, Dream satellite channel broadcast a program on the reported forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt. TV host, Mr Wā’il al-Ibrāshī, invited Dr. Najīb Jabrā’īl and Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad to join him in the program.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 9, 2006
Ongoing discussions on conversions of Christians to Islam.

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