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Among Egypt?s Christians, few question Church rule

By Alliance Alert

Associated Press: "As Egypt's Muslim majority has grown more religiously conservative over the past three decades, so has its Christian minority, many of whom see the Church as a refuge. As a result, the authority of Coptic leader Pope Shenouda III now goes almost unquestioned. The Church's grip on Christians' personal lives will likely only increase with a bill before Egypt's parliament that would bar civil judges from making rulings that contradict church law in personal status cases involving Christians."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 08, 2010 (boomark / email).