Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

An administrative court in Cairo has delayed the sentence on the Coptic Orthodox Church’s appeal against a previous ruling that allows a Copt to obtain a church re-marriage license.

Dr. Hasanayn Kushk conducted a study that revealed the increasing number of Christian prisoners in Egyptian prisons. The study presents numbers and percentages and discusses the possible reasons behind them.

The following presents the continuation of a lengthy interview with Bishop Bīshūy in which he expresses his opinions on different issues.

The author talks about the need for a new general personal law for the Egyptian family and the need for a unified law for all Christians groups. The author looks at different peoples’ attitudes and opinions regarding these laws.

‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on a press statement by Max Michel who launched a severe attack on the leadership of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as Bishop Marqus’ response to Michel’s claims.

Coptic Orthodox Church grants actress Hālah Ṣidqī marriage license while refusing to do the same to her ex-husband.

The article reviews an imaginary interview between a Bahā’ī and a Muslim on the fundamentals of Bahā’īsm.

Actress Hālah Ṣidqī’s second marriage caused a storm of protest within Coptic circles, especially because there are more than 20,000 cases of divorced Christians who are unable to remarry because of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s refusal to grant them marriage permissions.

A Christian woman, allegedly Coptic Orthodox, files a claim against the pastor who signed her marriage contract, accusing him of falsification.

A Catholic man resorts to the Vatican Ambassador in Cairo and to the U.S. Embassy asking them to intervene in the Egyptian government after his wife got a judgment of divorce by Khul‘.