U.S. Copts Association

By  Amr Bayoumi   

A Coptic source said that intensive meetings of Coptic lawyers and public figures are underway to form a front to meet Pope Shenouda III when he returns from the United States and discuss with him the amendments of the personal status law of the Orthodox.

State Council Deputy Labib Halim said the amendments by the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church are unconstitutional and that the courts could refuse them.

He criticized Holy Synod Deputy Dr. Tharwat Bassily for having said that State Council councilors who are senior than Halim have endorsed the amendments.

“The fact that there are councilors senior than me does not deny me the right to express my opinion,” Halim said.