Communal identity, political Islam and family law: Copts and the debate over the grounds for dissolution of marriage in twentieth-century Egypt

This article follows the debate over the legal grounds for dissolution of marriage within the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox community during the twentieth century, situating this debate in broader religious, political, social and legal perspectives. In 1999, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Shenouda III (r....

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Main Author: Šaham, Rôn 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2010]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2010, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 409-422
Further subjects:B Family law
B Political Islam
B Copts
B Egypt
B grounds for divorce
Online Access: Volltext (doi)