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Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
The crisis of Wafā’ Costantine has opened the door to discuss many issues concerning Copts, their status in society and their relationship with both the state and the Church. The crisis of Costantine has also shed light on the problem of Coptic divorce, which has become chronic for the last thirty...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The Bible says “no divorce except for marital unfaithfulness.” Pope Shenouda insists on applying the Biblical text literally thinking, that he should obey God, not the people.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
In the wake of Wafā’ Costantine, Muhammad al-Bāz discusses the reasons why Christian girls convert to Islam. Al-Bāz mentions divorce in Christianity as one of the main factors behind the phenomenon.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
A Christian actress failed to obtain divorce from her husband after eight years of her case being examined by courts. So she changed her denomination from Coptic Orthodox to Syrian Orthodox to force her case to be examined according to the personal status law for Muslims. Furthermore, to hasten...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2001
During a Rotary meeting, Pope Shenouda refused to comment on the incidents caused by Al-Nabaa newspaper, explaining it was in the hands of justice now. He said that he trusted the court which would give everyone his right. He added that anyone can make mistakes but to insult the monastery that...
Date of source: Saturday, April 14, 2001 to Friday, April 20, 2001
[Al-Khola’: wife’s request for divorce in return of renouncing all her rights in the marriage]
A lawyer started a lawsuit to make Al-Khola’ law ineffective as he argues it is unconstitutional. The client of that lawyer is Coptic a lady who changed her religion to have the right to Al-Khola’ but the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2001
It is forbidden to have a divorce according to the Orthodox Church. However, there are many examples of people who could get a divorce through changing their denomination from Orthodox to Protestant or any other denomination so that he she can get a divorce.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2001 to Friday, February 2, 2001
A deposed priest says that there is no text in either the law or the Coptic Orthodox canon that forbids a second marriage. He filed a case against the Pope to stop him executing deposition order. He had performed some wedding ceremonies for divorced couples without getting a marriage permit from...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s list of Copts who are not allowed to marry contains Popes, archbishops, bishops, widower priests, widows of priests and men who leave monastic life during their trial period. It also prevents marriage to the sister of a deceased wife or to the brother of a deceased husband and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Dr. Rodolph Yanney, president of the Society of Coptic Church Studies and founder and editor of Coptic Church Review in 1980, gave the RNSAW permission to bring his articles in the Copts Digest and the Coptic Daily Digest, published in 1999, together in one report describing the factors leading to...
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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.