Egypt Independant:
Members of the Constituent Assembly agreed last week to remove a proposed article which provided some constitutional support for gender equality — provided that such equality did not violate the provisions of Islamic Sharia law.
The episode showed the ability of both liberals and ultra-conservative Salafis to stamp their mark on a constitution-writing process dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Secularists had objected to women’s rights being made conditional on Sharia.
Categories: Egypt, Extremism, Islamism, Islamists, Law and Religion, Muslim Women's Right