Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Shūrá Council has agreed to acknowledge a four-article bill prohibiting demonstrations in houses of worship. Opposition, as well as religious figures, accuse the draft law of stifling freedom.
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2007
The article tells the story of two Christian sisters – Bahīyah and Shādīyah – who are officially recorded as Muslims since their father secretly converted to Islam in 1964. As he was afraid of the riddah, the father chose to make a forged identity card for himself as well as two birth certificates...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The article discusses the General Citizenship Conference, and the resulting Egyptian Declaration of Citizenship.
Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2007
Samīr Marqus discusses the social reality in Egypt, the Coptic file, citizenship and the laws and rulings issued regarding building churches in Egypt at the present time.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
The article discusses the upcoming conference on citizenship rights in Cairo, arranged by the National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2007
In the article, two Christian sisters named Shādīyah and Bahīyah, 36 and 34 years olds, have found that they are officially recorded as Muslims as their father had temporarily converted to Islam in 1964.
Date of source: Friday, October 26, 2007
During his weekly sermon Pope Shenouda said that if a woman is not happy in her marriage she may go to her father’s house and live with him instead.
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2007 to Friday, October 19, 2007
Hānī Labīb presents a history of the laws adopted by the church and the government to regulate Coptic marriage and divorce.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The author discusses the problems that have arisen based on the Land Reclamation Law that was passed in 1961, and how this law is impacting Egyptians that were originally able to live on a lot of land allocated to them by a generous land-owner, who have thrice had their homes torn down since then.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Subḥī Mujāhid reports on the Fatwá Committee at the Azhar’s refusal to recognize Coptic lawyer and human rights activist Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl’s demand to not allow Coptic minors under the age of 21 to change their religion.