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50. An American court issues a 3 million dollar award against an Egyptian woman who abducted her children from her American husband
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Maryland’s highest court upheld a 3 million dollar award in favour of an American man whose sons were illegally taken to Egypt by his Egyptian ex-wife six years ago.
33. Personal status law for Christians; Are thirty years not enough?
Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2008
The author comments on the personal status law for Christians, and questions why it has remained shelved for 30 years.
94. Situation still bleak
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The article details the findings presented by the National Council for Human Rights on the condition of human rights in Egypt.
43. A People’s Assembly deputy speaker calls for changes in the Islamic rules on inheritance and testimony
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
Dr. Zaynab Radwān, the deputy speaker of the Egyptian People’s Assembly created heated debates in Egypt when she stated that a woman’s testimony in court is equal to that of man and that the non-Muslim wife of a Muslim husband should enjoy the same rights to inherit from her husband. The...
33. Objective laws and the Coptic Personal status code in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to devote attention to the different reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling allowing Christian divorcees to remarry. The church rejected the ruling and considered it against the Bible and church codes. Some authors highlighted the tragic influence of the...
2. For the fourth time, the adjournment of the cases of returnees to Christianity
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ranā Mamdūh reports that the Administrative Judicial Court, headed by Counselor Muhammad al-Husaynī, the deputy head of the State Council, decided to adjourn the judgment in 12 lawsuits filed by Christian converts to Islam.
33. Not above the law
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2008
Sidhom discusses a draft personal status law that the church presented to the Minister of Justice and laments the fact that executive and legislative authorities procrastinate so much when it comes to Christian or Coptic concerns.
32. Supreme Administrative Court vs Copts’ doctrine
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a controversial ruling that guarantees Christian divorcees the right to a second marriage. The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects the ruling and declares that there is no authority on Earth that can oblige the church to go against their conscience....
52. A law preserving houses of worships inviolability effectuated at the people's Assembly
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The People’s Assembly approved the draft law banning demonstrations in Egyptian houses of worship. The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the vote and withdrew from the session, and the Minister of Endowments asserted that houses of worship are inviolable.
41. Max Michel cries for “Christians of the world” to help rescue the Copts of Egypt from “the crisis of abandoning the religion”
Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2008
The article reports on a letter of Max Michel to Pope Shenouda, in which Michel points to how Christians of Egypt have been increasingly abandoning their faith because of hardships in obtaining church divorce.

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