A number of human rights figures demanded the proposition of freedom of religion legislation at a seminar organized yesterday by the Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (CEWLA).
Event participants urged the Egyptian government to confront (...)
A new Personal Status Law for Non-Muslims has been drafted by the Secular Coptic Front, bringing the total number of proposed laws to three. The Egyptian Women's Issues Center also submitted yesterday a draft law to the Ministry of Justice.
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Bishop Armia, secretary to Coptic Pope Shenouda III, said the pope and the Coptic Church were insistent on rejecting the notion of second marriages for Coptic Christians. "We respect the Egyptian judiciary, but nothing on earth can force the church (...)