Several thousand Egyptian ultraconservative Islamists demonstrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square demanding the application of Sharia law, which is why fierce debates are taking place in the commission responsible for writing the new constitution.
"The Koran is above the constitution", "Implementation of Sharia law", shouted the demonstrators in the famous square from where the protests started in February 2011 and led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime.
"The demonstrators also chanted: "The people want the application of the law of Allah".
The Muslim Brotherhood, of which President Mohamed Morsi is a member, and the Al Nur party announced earlier that they would participate in a protest called "Friday of the application of Sharia law."
Demonstrators demand the strengthening of Sharia law in the constitution. "The principles of Islamic Sharia law should be the main basis of the legislation of the constitution," they stated. "We want the application of the law of Allah. We don't want any law that goes against it," said one protester, Mohamed el Helbavi.
The procedure for drafting the constitution has been ongoing for several months, but there is uncertainty due to the very composition of the commission in charge of drafting the constitution. The judiciary demands the dissolution of the constitutional commission.
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