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Copts demanding right to divorce will collectively leave Church
Egypt
August 13, 2011
Copts demanding right to divorce will collectively leave Church
The Right to Life Movement, a Coptic group, said a large number of its members will collectively leave the Coptic Orthodox…
Egypt’s Evangelical Church demands civil marriages
Egypt
July 27, 2011
Egypt’s Evangelical Church demands civil marriages
Allowing civil marriages could solve current disputes among Copts on whether to allow divorce and remarriage, the head of Egypt's…
Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid conflict
Egypt
July 23, 2011
Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid conflict
The Coptic Orthodox Church is seeking to have the unified personal status law for non-Muslims passed as soon as possible,…
Egyptian women protect rights from Islamist groups
Egypt
July 21, 2011
Egyptian women protect rights from Islamist groups
Feminists dismayed that Egypt's revolution is failing to advance their cause are trying to rally disparate women's groups to defend…
Copts encircle the Clerical Council, demanding right to remarry
Egypt
July 18, 2011
Copts encircle the Clerical Council, demanding right to remarry
Over 120 Copts surrounded the Clerical Council of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Abbasseya on Monday to protest against the…
Coptic protesters call for a relaxation of divorce regulations
Egypt
July 7, 2011
Coptic protesters call for a relaxation of divorce regulations
A group of Egyptian Copts protested in Cairo on Thursday, demanding the annulment of Church-sanctioned divorce regulations, and calling instead…
Egyptian women’s legal center demands personal status law for Copts
Egypt
July 2, 2011
Egyptian women’s legal center demands personal status law for Copts
The Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA) announced support for Copts' demand for a personal status law for non-Muslims.…
Court grants divorce for woman at center of Imbaba sectarian violence
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Court grants divorce for woman at center of Imbaba sectarian violence
The Monufiya Family Court has granted the divorce of Abir Talaat Fakhry, the woman at the heart of sectarian violence…
64% Egyptian men suffer from erectile dysfunction
Egypt
January 24, 2011
64% Egyptian men suffer from erectile dysfunction
Sixty-four percent of Egyptian men aged between 35-70 suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED), andrology experts said on Thursday at a…
Official: Egypt saw 5 times more marriages than divorces in 2009
Egypt
January 6, 2011
Official: Egypt saw 5 times more marriages than divorces in 2009
Abu Bakr al-Gendy, head of official statistics agency CAPMAS, announced this week that marriage rates in Egypt were nearly five times…