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Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2024
Once again, proposed changes to the personal status law are causing a rift in parliament, uproar in the media, and heated debates on social media.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
In addition to being a researcher, novelist, and scenarist, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa is a well-known figure in the media and press industry. He has chaired press establishments and hosted a number of TV talk shows.
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2014
A proposal to amend Article 20 of the Moroccan Personal Status Law Code, specifically concerning the marriage of minors under the age of 18, has caused division among the ruling majority and opposition groups within the country’s House of Representatives. Demands were made by the progressive...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2024
Wives, according to the text of Article 1 Law No. 25/1920, are entitled to receive their sharīʿa rights of nafaqa (alimony) from their husbands starting from the date of the marriage contract. This includes provisions for food, clothing, housing, and medical expenses.
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2024
Family difficulties often result in unfortunate consequences, particularly affecting children who bear the brunt of family instability, especially when fathers use financial means to exact revenge on their wives.
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2024
Monṣif Sulaymān, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s legal advisor and a member of the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, anticipates the official promulgation of the personal status law for Copts in June, pending the completion of the Justice Ministry’s review.
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2024
A dilemma that involves the issue of many injustices related to Christians’ personal status has been dominating the question of inheritance for Christians in most, if not all, Arab countries. However, Jordan has courageously approached this thorny affair, and come up with a solution that might...
Date of source: Saturday, January 20, 2024
Mufīda ʿAbd al-Raḥman, the renowned first Egyptian female lawyer, participated in the activities of the committee on personal status law amendments in late 1950s and contributed to enacting legislations regulating family-related affairs, including marriage and divorce.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Dr. Andrēa Zakī, President of the Evangelical community in Egypt, said that there have been many rounds and lots of discussions on the unified personal status law, which ended up in agreement over 90% of the items.
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2024
Islamic preacher, ʿEṣām al-Rūbī, affirmed that all the personal status laws in Egypt are 100% based on the provisions of the Islamic sharīʿa, adding that the law on khulʿ was mentioned in the Holy Qurʾān.
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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.