A look at key articles in Egyptian draft charter

Associated Press ^ | Nov. 30, 2013 3:39 PM EST

[Olog-hai]

Egypt’s draft constitution is made up of a four-page preamble and 247 articles. On Saturday, the country’s 50-member constituent assembly voted on 138 articles…

The draft also says in the preamble that “we are writing a constitution which ensures that the principles of Islamic Shariah are the main source of legislation.” It referred to rulings of the Supreme Constitutional Court to define these principles. …

The draft prohibits political activity or the establishment of political parties based on religion, dealing a blow to movements like the Muslim Brotherhood, its Freedom and Justice party, and Al-Nour, an ultraconservative Salafi party. …

[Olog-hai]

How about “no” for dealing a blow to religious-based political parties? Back when Mubarak was in power, the MB members merely joined nominally secular parties and succeeded in getting voted into the parliament. (It is a bit difficult to remove the AP’s editorializing.)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Olog-hai.

The draft also says in the preamble that "we are writing a constitution which ensures that the principles of Islamic Shariah are the main source of legislation." It referred to rulings of the Supreme Constitutional Court to define these principles... The draft prohibits political activity or the establishment of political parties based on religion, dealing a blow to movements like the Muslim Brotherhood, its Freedom and Justice party, and Al-Nour, an ultraconservative Salafi party.