shari'ah - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:50:30 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg shari'ah - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Christians quit work on Egyptian constitution https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/11/27/christians-quit-work-on-egyptian-constitution/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:30:07 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=37054 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 Read more

Christians quit work on Egyptian constitution... Read more]]> 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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