In Egypt, the Orthodox Copts used to obey law 462 passed in 1955, which is concerned with the personal status of non-Muslims and includes some reasons for divorce from item 50 till item 58. Nabil Luqa Bebawi states that the second article of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that the Islamic Shari’a is the source of legislation, however, laws concerning Copts are issued according to their denomination. Thus, since law 462 does not stem from the Islamic Shari’a, it is not constitutional.