The three major Coptic Churches of Egypt strongly condemned the statement released by the deputy leader of the SalafīDa’wah (the Salafī Call), Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī. Speaking during a video-taped conference of scholars and Du’ā (preachers), Burhāmī praised the articles included in the new Constitution as unprecedented restrictions [on rights and freedoms] in Egypt’s constitutions’ history, stressing that their endorsement has been approved by the Churches and the civil forces. Article 219 clarifies that legislation will be based on Sunnī schools of jurisprudence.