personal status law

Churches request more time to discuss personal status law
Egypt

Churches request more time to discuss personal status law

Father Rafiq Greish, spokesperson for the Catholic Church, said the Egyptian churches asked for additional time to discuss the personal…
Churches convene over personal status law
Egypt

Churches convene over personal status law

Egyptian church representatives will convene on Monday at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbassiya to draft its notes on the personal…
Legislative reform committee prepares unified personal status law for Copts
Egypt

Legislative reform committee prepares unified personal status law for Copts

The Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and rapporteur of the legislative reform committee Ibrahim al-Heneidy submitted a copy of…
Independent MP proposes draft law to limit women’s right to divorce
Egypt

Independent MP proposes draft law to limit women’s right to divorce

An independent MP has joined the heated debate over women’s rights by suggesting a controversial draft law to limit the…
120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws
Egypt

120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws

The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has received more than 120 individual notices from Coptic Christians informing the Church that…
Copts demanding right to divorce will collectively leave Church
Egypt

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…
Copts continue protests demanding civil marriages
Egypt

Copts continue protests demanding civil marriages

Scores of Coptic Christians on Monday staged their third demonstration before St. Mark's cathedral in Abbasseya, demanding permission for divorce…
Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid conflict
Egypt

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,…
Coptic pope approves new personal status bill
Egypt

Coptic pope approves new personal status bill

Coptic Pope Shenouda III signaled his approval of a new personal status draft law for non-Muslims to a church committee…
Christians wait for new personal status law
Egypt

Christians wait for new personal status law

Recent hype surrounding Coptic divorce has brought back to the table the issue of a personal status law for Christians,…
Back to top button