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Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2011
Cherchez la femme…a saying that directly applies to talk on the unified law on personal status affairs for Christian denominations in Egypt, now that each time women surface on the focal point of events, the society becomes more confused and male propensity against women becomes more prevalent.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2008
Theological researcher Nabīl Habīb conducted a comparative study between the 1938 regulations and its amendments.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2007
The author criticizes the Coptic Orthodox Church for issuing a remarriage license to the Coptic actress Hālah Ṣidqī, due to her good relations with leaders of the church, while leaving the cases of 15,000 people who have long been applying for this license unresolved.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2005
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, the head of the Clerical Council, Bishop Bula, acknowledges the existence of a number of problems faced by Copts in Egypt. He slams the law of 1938 and said it runs contradictory to the teachings of the Holy Bible.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2005 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 5, 2005
Rejecting the blame usually assigned to the Coptic Orthodox Church for its unjustifiable strictness concerning divorce, Anba Bulā stated that no one possesses the right or ability to change Biblical texts and commands; Christ set solid principles that bespeak equality between men and women in this...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 15, 2004
A husband whose wife gets divorce based on the personal status code for Orthodox Copts, regulating the affairs of marriage and divorce and other related matters, filed a lawsuit in which he challenged the code unconstitutional. The complainant argues the Holy Bible, which is the first source of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2005
In the 20th century there were two ideologies concerning divorce: the first was crystallized in the Regulations of 1938, which draws on syllogism and expansion in detailing conditions of marriage collapse. The second is the prevailing policy since 1971 and is characterized by flexibility and taking...
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.