Christians quit work on Egyptian constitution-CathNews NZ/Pacific

Christians quit work on Egyptian constitution

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Representatives of Egypt’s three main Christian churches have jointly decided to end their participation in writing a new Egyptian constitution because it will not reflect the pluralistic identity of the Muslim nation.

A primary concern is an article enshrining the “principles” of shari’ah law as the primary source of legislation. “The only ones who can understand this article are graduates of al-Azhar [the Cairo-based center of Islamic scholarship],” said the president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, Safwat el-Baiadi.

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