Head of Judges Club, Ahmed El-Zend declared that some articles of the penal code contradicts Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence) and therefore should be amended immediately.
El-Zend said on a YouTube video by Islamic Iqraa TV channel, “I am sending this message to the Egyptian legislator to save us from this misdeed (with reference to not applying the Sharia in penal code) by designing a Egyptian penal code solely based on Sharia.”
Liberals and Salafists are currently battling over articles in the draft charter which deal with the role of religion in society and government.