Life & Society
A legal ruling by Egypt’s Ismailia Administrative Appeal Court on 28 May ignited tensions between the state and the Greek Orthodox Church, after judges affirmed government ownership of land beneath the centuries-old Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai while upholding the monks' right to use it for religious purposes. The decision was seen by many within the Church as a threat to the monastery’s longstanding autonomy, and a potential step toward increased state interference or even closure. Some observers have feared…
