Egypt has entered the battle of holding a referendum on a draft
constitution that the Muslim Brotherhood had prepared and insisted on
ratifying despite popular opposition, a judges’ boycott to monitor the
referendum, and insufficient time to discuss the draft’s articles and
aspects. The draft has many shortcomings affecting individual freedoms,
equality among Egyptians without regard to sex or religion, and social
justice, which were important goals of the Egyptian revolution. Although
many Egyptians have written about the above shortcomings, an important
aspect that has been ignored was that the draft constitution sets the
foundations of a Sunni Waliyat al-Faqih [rule of the religious jurist] under the Muslim Brotherhood.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/12/egypt-brotherhood-islamic-state.html#ixzz2FWXNXM2W
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