Egypt prepares new law for non-Muslims
Egypt will draft a law to govern marriage and divorce for non-Muslims, a state newspaper reported, a move analysts see as an attempt to contain anger after a court overruled the Coptic Orthodox Church last month.
Egypt's Coptic church has long called for changes to the country's personal status laws, which say Islamic rules on marriage and divorce prevail except in cases where both husband and wife are non-Muslims and from the same sect. Under the current law, for instance, a Catholic husband with a Coptic wife could be subject to Islamic law. (Reuters)
