International: Bill of Rights in Egypt

The leader of Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent institute of Islamic learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has put forward a Bill of Rights to uphold freedom of expression and belief ahead of the drafting of Egypt's new constitution.

El-Tayeb wants the bill to be part of the new constitution.

For more, see Leader of Al-Azhar Proposes Bill of Rights by The Associated Press, January 10, 2012 at NYTimes.com.