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7. "Islamic Group" parallel to the Church

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Year: 
2010
Week: 
26
Article number: 
7
Article pages: 
8
Date of source: 
June 29, 2010
Author: 
Hānī Labīb
Reviewer: 
Mon&#225 Sa‘d
Article summary: 

This article outlines some of the recent discussions concerning the Muslim Brotherhood and the Coptic Christian Church.

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The author was notsurprised   by the interference of the Islamic Group as a party in personal affair cases of Christian Egyptian citizens recently. The Group, through its website, has been for nearly three years trying to interfere in such a thorny issue, whether through public statements or articles written by leaders of the legally banned Islamist group.
This was manifested in two articles. The first written on June 20 by ‘Isām Darbālah, entitled "Islam…and a Unified Personal Affairs Law for non-Muslims." The second was written on June 21 by Usāmah Hāfiz, carried the title "Reflections on the Recent Church Crisis."
Following are some points on the two articles:
  • The Church should not be the spokesperson of Christian Egyptian citizens, as the Peoples Assembly and the Shūrá Council should carry out this role and voice the Copts' problems.
  • We can't compare Christianity and Islam in terms of their perspectives on marriage and divorce, due to their different beliefs regarding the concept of family.
  • It's not true that all the Popes who came before Pope Shenouda lll did not object to article no. 38.
  • The call to apply the Islamic law have nothing to do with the Church's perspective of the personal affairs law, which depend on religious texts.
  • The law does not obligate either of the two sides concerning the marital contract in case of a change in religion, as Usāmah Hāfiz had previously wrote in his article. On the contrary, changing religion is one of the basic reasons for granting the Christian spouse a second marriage license.

 

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