Al-Nour to represent Islamists in Egypt’s final constitution
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As the Muslim Brotherhood is currently experiencing a state-led crackdown, with the majority of its senior leaders in custody, Al-Nour is expected to be the main voice for Islamists in Egypt’s final constitution-drafting process .
In a statement issued last week, Al-Nour said, “It decided to join the 50-member committee, representing the second stage of Egypt’s new political roadmap, to defend the Islamic shari’a articles stressing Egypt’s Sunni Islamic identity.” The party has said it strongly objects to the 10-member committee’s proposal aimed at removing article 219, which provides an interpretation of Islamic shari’a, from the new constitution. Informed sources told Ahram Online that Al-Nour, after a series of meetings with the secular Al-Wafd party, agreed that “the new constitution must retain article 219.”