According to the author, articles two and three of the new constitution have maintained national unity as Article II stated that Islam is the religion of the state and Article III gave rights to Copts and Jews to refer to their own codes in personal status and religious affairs. Dr. Abd al-Fattāh Idrīs, the head of the Comparative Jurisprudence Department in Sharī’ah and Law Faculty in the Azhar University, said that there seemed to be a political formulation of Article II that compromised its meaning. He added that this is because it is clearer to have included Islamic ‘rulings,’ or ahkām, rather than just principles, which is unclear. On the other hand, Dr. Yuhanna Qultah, the Vice Pope of the Coptic Catholics stated that Islam in Egypt is moderate and that the second article represents one of the pillars of the Egyptian identity (Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Dec. 5, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.