Egypt Islamists boycott military panel on charter
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group dominating parliamentary elections, says it will boycott a council appointed by the country's military rulers to oversee drafting of the new constitution.
In theory, the new parliament will be entrusted with forming a 100-member assembly to write the constitution. But the ruling generals say the parliament will not be representative, so they are appointing a council to protect the process of drafting a constitution from extremist religious ideas. (AP)
