Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Sohag [Sūhāj] Family Court has ruled that the husband’s conversion to Islam is not sufficient cause to grant his Christian wife a divorce, refusing to apply the official statute of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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This is an interview with Shaykh al-ʾAmīn ʿUthmān al-ʾAmīn the Muftī of Eritrea. He graduated from the Azhar University in Cairo, and was then sent as an envoy from the Azhar to Eritrea. He worked as a teacher in the Religious Institute in Eritrea. After that, he became a judge in...
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
In its documentary, B.B.C sheds light on the issue of Christianization in the Middle East, especially Egypt and Morocco.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A priest has been released after being accused of tampering with official documents so that a Christian and Muslim could marry.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
The Egyptian church is refusing a court ruling allowing a Christian, who converted to Islam, to have custody of his children in favor of their Christian mother, appealing to top Muslim clerics to intervene.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2005
Coptic siblings, who were officially registered as Muslims after their father converted to Islam and divorced their mother, have filed a lawsuit demanding the correction of their names and religion data.
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2001
Ibn Al-Qayyim listed ten opinions regarding whether non-Muslim women are to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi preferred the sixth of ten opinions on this matter. Al-Qaradawi added to the sixth opinion that full marriage, including sexual intercourse, is...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2001
Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam caused controversy. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin agreed with the fatwa and explained that the Qur’an prevents a woman who has joined Islam from staying with her apostate husband and not her Kitabi...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...