Coptic group rejects constitutional proposal that Christians be subject to the church i... - 0 views
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Article 2 has become the subject of a new Coptic-Coptic dispute after an obscure Coptic group, dubbed the '38 Copts Association,' rejected the above-mentioned compromise. The group derives its name from a 1938 decree by the Coptic Church's Holy Synod – later overturned by late Coptic Pope Shenouda III – granting Copts the right to divorce.
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The group demands that, as Egyptians, they should be constitutionally subject to Islamic Law, which – unlike Coptic law – allows for divorce
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"There is no such thing as Christian jurisprudence. For this reason, the Bible instructs us to adhere to the laws of the state."
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