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Tunisian MPs accept Islam as republicÂ’s religion | |||
2014-01-06 | |||
TunisiaÂ’s National Constituent Assembly adopted Article 1 of the draft constitution, establishing the country as a republic and Islam as its religion but rejecting amendments that the Quran be the main source of law.
“Tunisia is a free, independent and sovereign state. Islam is its religion, Arabic is its language, and it is a republic. It is not possible to amend this article,” the article reads.
Lawmakers rejected two amendments, one proposing Islam and the second proposing the Quran as “the principal source of legislation”. Mohamed Hamdi of the small “Current of Love” party defended Islamic law, saying it would give “spiritual backing to all rights and liberties”. But a secular assembly member, Mahmoud Baroudi of the Democratic Alliance, called the proposed amendments “against modernity”. The assembly also adopted Article 2 — which again cannot be amended — on the establishment of a “civil state based on citizenship, the will of the people and the rule of law”.
Its adoption would end months of political crisis and further distance Tunisia from the chronic instability plaguing other countries in a region rocked by regime change. FridayÂ’s first session resulted in lawmakers approving the title of the charter, by 175 votes out of the 184 MPs present, and the first three paragraphs of the preamble. They have to scrutinise the 146 articles finalised in June and some 30 key amendments. | |||
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 |
Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-06 19:15 |
#2 ^^^^^ That! And since Cat Rapture Egypt has gone to hell. |
Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-06 19:14 |
#1 Sure go ahead, just like the ancient Egyptians adopted Bastet. It makes no difference to me. Bastet was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). As Bast, she was the goddess of warfare in Lower Egypt, the Nile River delta region, before the unification of the cultures of ancient Egypt. Her name is also spelled Baast, Ubasti, and Baset |
Posted by: Harry Unick3803 2014-01-06 15:02 |