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Coptic Victims Association: “Family Law is an Unprecedented Move to Solve Christian Family Problems”
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2021
The Coptic movements concerned with divorce and second marriage hailed the completion of the family draft law for Christians, prepared by Egyptian churches and the government. They considered it a breakthrough in solving problems of thousands of Copts affected by personal status issues, due to the...
Khulʿ: The Backdoor Canonical Divorce in case of Abandonment
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2018
“Divorce is granted only in the case of adultery”—This is the solution the Coptic Constitution offers those who are affected by personal status crises and seek separation and divorce.  The late Pope Shinūda III issued a regulation in 2008 that expanded the reasons for divorce to two: adultery...
The Renewed Call of the Association of the Victims of the Personal Status
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Founder of the Victims of The Personal Status movement, Hānī ʿIzzat, has called on the Christian denominations of Egypt to accelerate in submitting the by-laws on the personal status to the parliamentarian committee in charge and to come to an agreement on a unified bill on personal status law for...
Week 23 News Summaries (3rd Jun.)
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Badrān: Personal status laws are creating a new generation of children on the streets Doctor Hudā Badrān, the President of the Egyptian Women’s Union, said that Personal Status Laws are most focused on the role of the family, adding that the laws treat women as they were treated decades ago. She...
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