Writer Jamāl al-Bannā demanded the abolition of Article 2 of the Egyptian constitution that spells out Islam as the official religion of the state and that the sharī'ah is the main source of legislation, adding "there is absolutely no need for it."

By removing Article 2, citizenship will become a natural, original thing away from any ideologies, said Bannā, noting Islamists, through imposing Article 2, only want to play heroes in the eyes of the Egyptian public. [Husayn al-Barbarī, al-Misryūn, Jan. 20, p. 5]