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• Political theorists/figures
• Reference to country's history
This revolution represents an extension of the revolutionary march of Egyptian
patriotism, and supports the strong bond between the Egyptian people and their
patriotic army that bore the trust and responsibility of protecting the homeland.
Thanks to it, we achieved victory in our greatest battles including driving off the
1956 Tripartite Aggression and the glorious victory of October that granted
President Sadat a special place in our recent history.
• Reference to country's history
Compared to major revolutions in the history of mankind, the Jan 25 – June 30
Revolution is a unique revolution, because of the heavy popular participation
involved -- which was estimated to be in the tens of millions -- and the significant role
of youth who aspire to a brighter future, the masses who transcended class and
ideology to reach out to more expansive patriotic and human horizons, the manner in
which the people’s army protected the popular will and the blessings granted to it by
Al-Azhar and the patriotic church. It is also unique because of its peacefulness and
ambition to achieve freedom and social justice together.
• Reference to country's history
This revolution is a sign and a good omen. It is a sign of a past that is still present and
a good omen of a future to which all humanity aspires.
• God or other deities
• Reference to country's history
The world has almost forgotten about an age that was torn by conflicts of interest
between the east and the west, and the north and the south; an age where disputes
and wars erupted between classes and peoples, where risks grew, threatening the
existence of mankind and life on Earth, which God created for us. Humanity hopes to
move from the age of maturity to the age of wisdom to build a new world where
truth and justice prevail, and where freedoms and human rights are protected. We,
Egyptians, believe that our revolution is an opportunity to return to help write a new
history for mankind.
We believe that we are capable of using the past as an inspiration, stirring up the
present, and making our way to the future. We are capable of developing this
homeland that develops us.
We believe that every citizen is entitled to live in this homeland in safety and
security, and that every citizen is entitled to a today and a tomorrow.
• Human dignity
We believe in democracy as a path, a future, and a way of life; in political multiplicity;
and in the peaceful transfer of power. We affirm the right of the people to make their
future. They, alone, are the source of authority. Freedom, human dignity, and social
justice are a right of every citizen. Sovereignty in a sovereign homeland belongs to us
and future generations.
• Motives for writing constitution
We are now drafting a Constitution that embodies the dream of generations of a
prosperous united society and of a fair state that achieves the aspirations of today
and tomorrow for individuals and society.
• Motives for writing constitution
We are now drafting a Constitution that completes building a modern democratic
state with a civil government.
• Motives for writing constitution
• Reference to country's history
We are drafting a Constitution that closes the door for any corruption or tyranny,
heals the wounds of the past from the time of the old Eloquent Peasant to the victims
of negligence and the martyrs of the revolution in our time, and relieves our people
of the injustice they have suffered from for long.
• Motives for writing constitution
• Status of religious law
We are drafting a Constitution that affirms that the principles of Islamic Sharia are
the principle source of legislation, and that the reference for interpretation thereof
is the relevant texts in the collected rulings of the Supreme Constitutional Court.
• International human rights treaties
• Motives for writing constitution
We are drafting a Constitution that paves the way to the future for us, and which is in
line with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which we took part in the
drafting of and approved.
• Motives for writing constitution
We are drafting a Constitution that maintains our freedom and protects the nation
against every threat against it or against our national unity.
Egypt 2014
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