Rights experts fear the constitution, which includes a measure that will keep sharia law as the nation's main source of legislation could bring restrictions on freedom of speech, women's rights and other liberties.
The draft must now be put to a nationwide referendum within 30 days but is expected to be held sooner than that.
The Islamist-dominated assembly that has been working on the constitution for months raced to pass it, voting article by article on the draft's more than 230 articles for more than 16 hours. Of the 85 members in attendance, there was not a single Christian and only four women. Many of the men wore beards, the hallmark of Muslim conservatives.
The speed with which the draft was passed was due to a threat by the country's constitutional court, run by judge who oppose Mr Morsi, which had threatened to dissolve the assembly.
For weeks, liberal, secular and Christian members, already a minority on the 100-member panel, have been withdrawing to protest what they call the Islamists' hijacking of the process.
telegraph.co.uk
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