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Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Hānī Samīr wrote in al-Dustūr about the confusion of Christians over the amendment of the 1938 regulation and the unified personal status law. He describes the comments of various people involved in the situation.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The ex-husband of actress Hālah Sidqī has obtained a ruling from the administrative judiciary allowing him to remarry, however Pope Shenouda has appealed against it.
Date of source: Friday, September 26, 2008
A court ruling has given Mario and Andrew’s Muslim father custody of his two Christian children
Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Community Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church conducted amendments to the Personal Status Law of Copts known as the law of 1938. The Egyptian media shed light on the issue and the different reactions to it.
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2008
A recent presidential decree has approved amendments to the personal status code for Copts. The article explains that this new code should put an end to discrepancies concerning court rulings in divorce cases and has been welcomed by Copts.
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.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Community Council of the Evangelical Church in Egypt expresses in an interview with Sawt al-Ummah his refusal to recognize dissident Butrus Filtā’ūs, refuting the latter’s allegations and denying all accusations about the Evangelical Church’s involvement in...
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews different articles in the Egyptian press this month related to Muslim-Christian relations. In particular he mentions a new joint Muslim-Christian Web site and an article that cites the al-Ahrām obituary page to prove that Copts are not being persecuted.
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.
Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Coptic lawyer Mamdūḥ Ramzī has accused the President of the Clerical Council Bishop Bula of taking bribes from divorced men and women in order to grant them a second marriage license.
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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.