Displaying 21 - 30 of 30.
30. A unified marriage law shares wealth in case of divorce
Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2006
A conference has discussed Egyptian women’s rights in the current Personal Status Law. The attendants demanded the amendment of some articles of the aforementioned laws, guaranteeing the rights of women and children.
25. NDP calls for stopping "Islam is the Solution" slogan
Date of source: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
The outlawed organization knows that state or ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) officials agree to attend meetings on democracy and reform providing Muslim Brotherhood activist do not attend, even though such meetings tend to focus on the Brotherhood.
38. People’s Assembly to debate equality between man and woman in adultery penalty
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2005
Heated discussions are taking place in the National Council for Women and some non-governmental organizations to propose amendments to articles 237 and 277 of the penal code, which differentiate between a husband and his wife in case of adultery.
4. The Qur’an: God and Man in Communication
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd delivered this lecture upon accepting the prestigious Cleveringa professorial chair at Leiden University in The Netherlands with the request to teach justice, freedom and responsibility and especially the freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. The lecture discussed the...
8. In an international conference sponsored by the government. Ibn Khaldoun Center publishes dubious statements by the emigrant Copts!
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2000
In the international conference "The Third Mediterranean Development Forum" that was inaugurated last week by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Queen Rania the Queen of Jordan, and Dr. Atef Ebeid the Prime Minister, the Ibn Khaldoun Center issued a bulletin and distributed it during the conference. The...
5. Return of the Birds of Darkness!
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The birds of darkness have returned to flap their wings once again, in an attempt to stop the wheel of progress in this country [of Egypt]; the occasion is the draft of the new Personal Status Law, that tries to lift some burdens off the Egyptian woman. Last week was the rage week of extremists,...
18. NGO controversy drags on
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
President Hosni Mubarak met with Mary Robinson, the UN high commissioner for human rights, on Monday. The talks dealt with "the importance of promoting and protecting human rights on the regional and international levels," Robinson told reporters.
23. [Parliament approves NGO bill]...while NGOs step up the fight
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
NGO representatives and activists for human and women’s rights stepped up their campaign this week against the proposed NGO law in a bid to prevent it from being passed by the People’s Assembly. NGOs believe that the bill infringes upon their autonomy and inhibits civil action.
25. The balance sheet
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
The author reviews the new NGO bill’s controversial provisions as well as its positive aspects.
1. Dr. ’Abdel Mo’ti Mohammed Bayoumi, Dean of the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion [at Al-Azhar University]: Under the Al-Khul’a system, a husband cannot take more than what he has given his wife
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 1999
Khul’a, a new item in the Personal Status Draft Law, gives a woman the right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her rights and returning the dowry he had given for her. This interview explains the story behind the new legislation.

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