Islam Dominates Iraq's Draft Constitution

[julialnyc]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5168577,00.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Framers of Iraq's constitution will designate Islam as the main source of legislation - a departure from the model set down by U.S. authorities during the occupation - according to a draft published Tuesday.

The draft states no law will be approved that contradicts ``the rules of Islam'' - a requirement that could affect women's rights and set Iraq on a course far different from the one envisioned when U.S.-led forces invaded in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein.

``Islam is the official religion of the state and is the main source of legislation,'' reads the draft published in the government newspaper Al-Sabah. ``No law that contradicts with its rules can be promulgated.''

The document also grants the Shiite religious leadership in Najaf a ``guiding role'' in recognition of its ``high national and religious symbolism.''

[Journeyman]

1. Ah, democracy! You're a fickle mistress. . .

so unpredictable, susceptible to such swift change -- one day you're a harlot for Bushbot-imposed sanctity, the next a brazen trollop for Islamic fundamentalists bent on seeing their own vision of heaven prevail. How much better it would be, sweet democracy, if all those who prostitute you would first recognize how pliant you can be. At least then we'd have less lies told in your name. . .

[smirkymonkey]

2. George W. Bush: Installer of Theocracies Both at Home and Abroad

[Fritz67]

3. "Freedom Is On The March"...

:sarcasm:

Is anyone surprised? Didn't the critics of the war point out even before it began that Iraq would be a prime candidate for the post-Saddam regime being strongly Islamist?

But no...nobody listened to them. They were all jacking off to Rumsfeld's flower fantasies.

I'd say "It serves the pinheads right", except that our soldiers, the innocents in Iraq and London, and many others have been paying for these mistakes. And a hell of a lot more are going to pay for a very long time to come.