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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: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Dr. Jibrā’īl sheds light on what he considers to be a violation of freedom of creed in Egypt and argues that in spite of the several legislations and constitutional texts that confirm the freedom of creed and principles of citizenship, the reality is still far removed from the aspiration of...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
The article reports on the rejection of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s appeal against a previous verdict that allows Copts to re-marry after obtaining a court divorce.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
A Coptic researcher has filed a lawsuit calling for Muslim judges to be prevented from examining Copts’ personal status cases.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2008
Pastor Ikrām Lam‘ī discusses the rules of marriage and divorce in the church. He argues that Jesus Christ did not establish a system of legislations but had general principles that was in the favor of Man. He cites the Biblical texts in this response distinguished different classes of Christians...
Date of source: Thursday, March 20, 2008
The author considers Pope Shenouda’s refusal to apply the Supreme Administrative Court ruling that allows officially divorced Christians to marry again a violation of the Constitution and calls on the pope to apologize. Moreover, he highlights a Christian school’s refusal to allow veiled students...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to devote attention to the different reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling allowing Christian divorcees to remarry. The church rejected the ruling and considered it against the Bible and church codes. Some authors highlighted the tragic influence of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Article 47 in the Egyptian civil status law guarantees people’s right to change their religion on official papers according to the documents and provisions issued by the specialized institutions. The Supreme Administrative Court is expected to rule in 13 claims on March 15, 2008.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ranā Mamdūh reports that the Administrative Judicial Court, headed by Counselor Muhammad al-Husaynī, the deputy head of the State Council, decided to adjourn the judgment in 12 lawsuits filed by Christian converts to Islam.
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.
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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.