The World - News from May 5, 1985
Egypt’s Parliament approved a proposal to revise laws that do not conform to the Muslim religion, but it also in effect rejected calls for the imposition of full Islamic law. The 358-member People’s Assembly approved a report stressing that much of Egyptian law conforms with Islamic requirements and that reform should be carried out “gradually and in a careful, scholarly manner.” President Hosni Mubarak has been under pressure by the Muslim Brotherhood and other fundamentalists to impose Islamic law.
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