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Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Member of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Relations Committee, M.P. Rawān Lāshīn, has stated that the new Personal Status Law will serve the interests of the family as well as preserve the rights and well-being of children. She revealed that the new law, which is being submitted for final...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has issued a response to the situation of a boy who was originally adopted and raised by Coptic parents, before being taken into the custody of the state, and declared to be Muslim. The statement, released through the al-Azhar Fatwā Global...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2023
The Egyptian Minister for Justice, ʿOmar Marwān, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...
Date of source: Friday, February 24, 2023
The Reverend Dr. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Community, confirmed that there was 95% agreement among the three Churches in Egypt (Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic) on the articles of the Personal Status Law for Christians.
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2022
After Copts have suffered for years in court cases related to the distribution of inheritance shares, Professor Nelly Fam, an attorney of cassation (or appeals), succeeded in implementing the Coptic Orthodox Personal Status Law, with its provisions on inheritance, the entitlement of heirs, and the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Dr Aḥmad Karīma, professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at al-Azhar University, has attacked the draft personal status law that is currently being reviewed in the House of Representatives.
Shaykh Aḥmad Karīma stressed that the proposed penalty for a husband who does not inform his wife of his...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2021
Counselor ʿUmar Marawān, Minister of Justice, responded to Ibrāhīm ʿĪssā’s request, regarding the abolition of the religious field on national ID cards.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Al-Wafd interviewed newly ordained Archbishop of the Anglican/Episcopal Church Sāmī Fawzī, discussing several topics like the new personal status law and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute. The interview is as follows:
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2021
After 76 years of asking for a Christian personal status law in Egypt, churches and the government have agreed on a bill that will be revealed soon after it goes to the House of Representatives to be approved.
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2021
Munṣif Sulaymān, Legal Advisor to the Coptic Orthodox Church and member of the House of Representatives, announced the completion of reviewing the Family Law (Personal Status for Copts) in the Ministry of Justice. All sides have agreed on all articles of the draft law after 16 sessions that brought...
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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.