The crisis over Article II of an expected Egyptian Constitution is about to be settled as salafī members of the constituent assembly announced their agreement that the principles of Islamic sharī’ah would be the main source of legislation but asked for including an explanation of the word ‘principles’ in the same article. [Hamdī Dabash, ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī and Ghādah Muhammad al-Sharīf, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 6, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic