Anonymous sources have reported that a conflict developed in the Constituent Assembly due to a disagreement over the insertion of the term “civil state” in the Preamble of the Constitution. This follows the Nūr Party demand to insert the content of deleted Article 219 in the Preamble. ‘Amr Mūsá the head of the Constituent Assembly has met with the representatives of the Church and Al-Azhar to discuss the opposition of both to articles in the Constitution. He stated that there might be a reference to the term “principles” (of shar’īah) in the Preamble. This was followed by a questioned if the word “civil state” would be inserted also. He stated, “We are a civil state already and we respect all religions” (Muhammad al-Khūli, al-Tahrīr, Nov. 22, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.