Islamic Law, Unitary State Law, and Communal Law: Divorce and Remarriage in Egypt’s Coptic Community
Abstract Egypt’s Coptic community is currently appealing to different legal jurisdictions in the struggle over divorce and remarriage. While the Coptic Orthodox Church is claiming the right, based on Islamic law, to apply its own communal law for marriage, others are calling on the church to reinter...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Exchange
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 215-236 |
| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBL Near East and North Africa KDF Orthodox Church NCF Sexual ethics XA Law |
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Divorce
B unified personal status law B Coptic Orthodox Church B Islamic Law B personal status law B 1938 bylaws B Remarriage |
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