Islamic Law, Unitary State Law, and Communal Law: Divorce and Remarriage in Egypt’s Coptic Community

Rachel M. Scott
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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 reinterpret the biblical texts regarding divorce. Still other Copts are appealing to the constitution and to unitary state law to override a communal approach to personal status law. The case of divorce and remarriage in Egypt illustrates the ways in which Christian communal law, unitary state law, and Islamic law do not exist as a priori concepts but are in the process of continual negotiation with one another. In examining these negotiations, this article sheds light on one of the most important legal conundrums currently facing the relationship between the Coptic community and the state in Egypt.
伊斯兰法,统一国家法和社区法:埃及科普特社区的离婚和再婚
埃及的科普特社区目前在离婚和再婚的斗争中向不同的司法管辖区提出上诉。虽然科普特东正教会声称,根据伊斯兰教法,他们有权对婚姻适用自己的社区法律,但其他人则呼吁教会重新解释关于离婚的圣经经文。还有一些科普特人呼吁宪法和统一的国家法律来推翻个人身份法的公共方式。埃及的离婚和再婚案例说明,基督教的社区法、单一国家法和伊斯兰法并非作为先验概念而存在,而是处于不断相互协商的过程中。在研究这些谈判时,本文揭示了目前埃及科普特社区与国家之间关系面临的最重要的法律难题之一。
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