From Arab Spring to Islamist Egypt? Draft constitution leaves minorities and women at risk – Video

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From Arab Spring to Islamist Egypt? Draft constitution leaves minorities and women at risk
Throngs of protesters have filled Cairo #39;s Tahrir Square as well as the streets of cities throughout Egypt after an Islamist-dominated assembly passed a draft of what could be the country #39;s new constitution. The protests originally began after Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi issued a decree giving himself broad powers above judicial oversight, but after the Constitutional Assembly rushed through a draft constitution containing a number of worrying articles, the protests took on more even more urgency. Liberal and secular members boycotted the assembly, which was composed primarily of Islamists sympathetic to Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. The draft of the constitution largely reflects this, with a number of articles asserting the centrality of Sharia law in Egyptian society. One article states that Egypt #39;s most respected Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, must be consulted on all matters related to Sharia law, something many fear will be used to require clerics to oversee the drafting of legislation and could lead Egypt down the path to theocracy. Another point of contention is the lack of protection of freedom of speech. One article explicitly bans insulting or defaming the Prophet Mohammed, while another asserts that the state is obliged to support arts and literature, although seemingly leaving open the possibility of restriction and censorship of expression. The draft also fails to establish equality between men and women, although it says that women must balance her ...From:JewishNewsOneViews:895 8ratingsTime:01:59More inNews Politics

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