Egyptian Rally Presses For Islamic Law In New Constitution

The Wall Street Journal over the week end reported on Friday's rally in Cairo, Egypt by tens of thousands seeking the establishment of Islamic law in the country. Islamists are concerned over last week's supra-constitutional principles issued by the National Council as guidance for a constitutional congress that will be appointed by Parliament in November, after elections.  The principles are designed to assure that Egypt's new constitution will protect individual rights, particularly for women and religious minorities; and that the constitutional congress will include a cross-section political interests, including legal experts, so that Islamists do not dominate it.