Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Introduction:
Inclusive citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship. Peoples’ understandings of what it means to be a citizen go to the heart of various...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
On the instructions of the King, a communication meeting was held in Rabat on Tuesday, 24 December 2024, to present the proposals for revising the Family Code, or Moudawana. These proposals will be put to a vote in Parliament.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Minister of Justice ʿAbdel Laṭīf Wahbī has revealed in a meeting on Tuesday in Rabat the key proposed amendments as part of the redraft of the Moroccan family code, for which a royal working session was held on Monday.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has said that all Egyptians are taking part in enacting the law on personal status affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has stated that the draft law on personal status for Christians is a “historic turning point” as it represents the first ever integrated code on personal status for Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Priest Rifʿat Fatḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, noted that clergymen and Christian advisors have added several measures in the new law to protect women’s interests in relation to family-related issues and disputes.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Counselor Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, the legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, stated that the new personal status law for Christians provides a precise explanation of the issue of divorce, emphasizing that the law avoids abstract terms by offering detailed provisions.
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Counselor Munṣif Najīb Sulaymān, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Personal Status Law Panel, revealed that the five Christian denominations in Egypt have reached a consensus on the first law regulating the personal status affairs of Christian families.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, a legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, described the new personal status law for Christians as a series of historical rights for Christian citizens. He added that the law consists of 160 articles divided into 10 chapters.
“The new personal status law for...