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Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2010
Pope Shenouda discusses many issues in his weekly meeting and comments on some personal questions.
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda III said that he does not question inter-sectarian marriage and pointed out that he could not recognize non-Orthodox marriages. Head of the Baptist Church, Father Botros Falta‘ūs, said that his meeting with the pope touched upon the Personal Status Law for Copts, of which the Baptist...
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2008
Yūsuf Wahīb comments on Pope Shenouda’s advice for Coptic Orthodox not to get married to non-Orthodox.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
Although the
fatwa of Dr. Ali Jum‘a permits non-Muslim mothers to get custody of their Muslim
children
regardless of their age, many jurists refuse to allow children over the age of seven to remain with their
mothers.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
At last the People’s Assembly (parliament) has once and for all settled the issue of child custody in favor of mothers until they reach the age of 15, after which they may be asked to choose whether to continue staying with their mothers, or like to switch to fathers.
Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 1999 to Wednesday, February 24, 1999
Many young people are coming to believe that Urfi marriage is the only legitimate alternative to premarital sex, which is condemned as sinful. Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, called upon the government to ban Urfi marriages at a Fair seminar last week, saying that "these...
Date of source: Monday, July 27, 1998
The women in non-Orthodox Coptic sects are demanding equality with the women of the Orthodox church who are judged according to Islamic Sharia in cases related to the custody of their children.
