Sharia - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 15 Jul 2013 05:17:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Sharia - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 New constitution in Egypt worse than old one https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/07/16/new-constitution-in-egypt-worse-than-old-one/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:01:18 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=47101 Though most Christians in Egypt celebrated the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, a Coptic Catholic bishop says the country's new constitution is worse than the old one. "The provisions that in the old constitution seemed bad in the eyes of Christians are highlighted in the new text," said Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna of Minya. Read more

New constitution in Egypt worse than old one... Read more]]> Though most Christians in Egypt celebrated the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, a Coptic Catholic bishop says the country's new constitution is worse than the old one.

"The provisions that in the old constitution seemed bad in the eyes of Christians are highlighted in the new text," said Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna of Minya.

He said the text says the interpretation of Sharia law should be in accordance with the body of laws developed in the early centuries of Islam, and an article on the rights of Christians and Jews has been eliminated.

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