Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2007 to Friday, April 13, 2007
Wafā’ Shu‘ayrah reports on the lawsuits filed by Islamized Christians who want to convert back to Christianity.
Date of source: Thursday, March 15, 2007
The Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit against the prime minister and the Shaykh of the Azhar demanding the abolition of the post of grand Imām of the Azhar and the suspension of the civil rights document that he signed.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007 to Friday, March 23, 2007
Wafā’ Shu‘ayrah and Rajab al-Murshidī report on the opinions of different councilors and judges in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
Huṣnī ‘Abd al- Masīḥ, an Egyptian Bahā’ī, filed a lawsuit against Major General Ḥabīb al- ‘Ādlī in his capacity as the minister of interior, demanding that the Civil Affairs Department [CAD], affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, issue national identification cards and birth certificates void...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2002
Adel
Youssef, a lawyer, said that he expected that the court would agree to divorce actress Hala Sidqi from her husband
because he follows a different denomination from hers, which means that their case can be examined according to the
personal status law of the Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
The Commissioner’s Authority of the State Council delivered its report
regarding the appeal of Pope Shenouda against the decree of the administrative court that obliged him to give
permission for remarriage to divorcees. The ruling of the lower court was declared to be illegal and...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006 to Friday, October 20, 2006
The State Commissioners Authority submitted its final report on the
controversial issue of Bahā’īs to the Supreme Administrative Court, a few months after
the Administrative Judicial Court, headed by Judge Fārūq ‘Abd al-Qādir, recognized
the rights of Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion...
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
A study conducted by the humanities department of Cairo University reveals Egyptian eating and
drinking
habits during Ramadān and that these differ according to the socio-economic level of the
family.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is split
over a book authored by a
businessman that interprets the Qur’ān in more than 27,000 verses. He
says his book, the first
literary epic in the Arab world dealing with interpretation of the
Qur’ān, will make it easier
for the public to understand...
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2006 to Friday, June 9, 2006
The three-page article deals with a conference on the problems faced by
Egyptian youths, such as
unemployment, poor economic conditions, low income and their involvement in
unacceptable conduct, like
‘Urfī marriages, drugs, cyber-chatting or pornography.