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The amendments to the 1938 statute are being debated by the Christian denominations in Egypt. While the State Council's deputy chairman said that it contains points that violate the law, others such as Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir believes that it will encourage Christians to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Administrative Judiciary Court dismisses an appeal filed by lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl against President Husnī Mubārak.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
Al-Ahrār has published a special series of articles about the Bahā'ī faith in Egypt. The articles covered the history and origins of the Bahā'ī faith in Iran and also its development in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
In this article the author comments on the State’s Council Administrative Court of justice ruling that rejected the lawsuit filed by a lawyer against Doctor Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī asking for her Egyptian nationality to be taken away because she wrote a play entitled, ’God Resigns in the Summit Meeting’....
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2008
11 Coptic lawyers accuse Max Michel of swindling and impersonating a patriarch even though the Administrative Court issued a judgment depriving him from this title.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2008
Some nurses have abided by the minister of health’s decision that obliges nurses who deal directly with patients to remove the niqāb. Others, however, have objected to the decision, saying that wearing the niqāb is a personal freedom.
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Egyptian churches call for an urgent law for the houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Nurses object the decision that bans wearing the niqāb in hospitals and say that they will resort to filing a complaint to the court about the decision.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court has referred an appeal filed by a number of Christian-born converts to Islam but returned to their birth religion. This move went against a previous ruling that required identity cards to note that they had converted from Islam.