Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2002
Adel
Youssef, a lawyer, said that he expected that the court would agree to divorce actress Hala Sidqi from her husband
because he follows a different denomination from hers, which means that their case can be examined according to the
personal status law of the Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2004
A husband whose wife gets divorce based on the personal status code for Orthodox Copts, regulating the affairs of marriage and divorce and other related matters, filed a lawsuit in which he challenged the code unconstitutional. The complainant argues the Holy Bible, which is the first source of...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
A Christian wife, Qatqouta, found out that
her husband, a lawyer, is married to someone else. She filed a lawsuit to request the cancellation of her marriage for it no
longer complies with precepts of the Christianity that forbids polygamy.
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: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
This woman opened the door in the passageway of the courts of personal status, for tortured Christian women to get a divorce. F.F., a Coptic businesswoman, took a short cut to divorce by asking for the [Islamic] Khula’ law to be applied to her according to the new personal status law, after...