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Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
‘Aṣfūr questioned how the Islamic Research Academy permitted a book written by Saudi Muftī Bin Bāz in which he delivered a Fatwá that prohibited women from working, and another book which states that ‘Urfī marriage is legitimate and that official marriage contracts are a fad that do not exist in...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2007
The article sheds light on ‘Urfī marriages and the necessity of the Azhar institutions to interfere to deliver Fatwás showing the right path to the confused youths and to prevent the spread of corruption in the society.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
A new sectarian crisis
erupted in al-
Basātīn area after the ‘urfī marriage of a Coptic business man
to a Muslim
woman and the state security’s intervention.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
A study carried out by
the
Ministry of Social Affairs showed that there are twenty-one thousand children in Egypt who have no name,
identity
or legal existence. These children are the outcome of ‘urfī or unofficial marriages
in which the
father refuses to acknowledge the paternity of his...
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2006 to Friday, June 9, 2006
The three-page article deals with a conference on the problems faced by
Egyptian youths, such as
unemployment, poor economic conditions, low income and their involvement in
unacceptable conduct, like
‘Urfī marriages, drugs, cyber-chatting or pornography.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The author, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, affirms that Islam does not accept the ‘Urfī marriage because it is not registered and consequently would cause the rights of either party of the ‘Urfī couple to be lost, since the courts of law acknowledge only marriage contracts...
Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church refuses to allow divorced Copts to be remarried, unless adultery has been proven.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
A married Christian man is accused of
converting to Islam, with his cousin, in order to
take her as a second wife.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
The story of a Coptic woman who has found out that her husband is a polygamist, and who now has a civil court divorce verdict, which the church does not accept.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
A female Muslim dā‘īya has said in an interview that women should not wear make-up or perfume except inside their homes with their husbands.
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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.