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| Egypt's new constitution to guarantee absolute religious freedom |
| 2013-10-29 |
| [Al Ahram] A majority of the committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 constitution has voted to revise article 47, which guarantees the free exercise of religion for all citizens, committee media spokesperson Mohammed Salmawy said on Monday. Article 47, which was first drafted by a ten-member technical committee in August, now reads "Freedom of belief is guaranteed. The state guarantees freedom of religious practice, and facilitates the building of places of worship for the Abrahamic traditions, as regulated by law." According to Salmawy, the 50-member committee proposed on Sunday evening to amend the article's text to state "the state guarantees absolute freedom of religious practice." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Yes, it willl ultimately be up to the locals, but changing the official persecution light from green to red, for whatever reason, is the right direction opposite of the hand-chopper cover the pyramid party. And the way Egypt has been going recently, I'll give the government the benefit of the doubt. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-10-29 20:32 |
| #2 This just means that the government isn't supposed to prohibit other religions. Nothing will prohibit private groups from torching the new churches. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-10-29 14:43 |
| #1 I thought this was from the Onion. Maybe in some alternate universe this wouldn't be considered farce. Their actions speak so loudly I can't hear their words. |
| Posted by: rwv 2013-10-29 14:06 |