Iraqi constitution draft severely curtails women's rights

[tocqueville]

Iraqi constitution draft severely curtails women's rights
Wed Jul 20, 4:02 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A draft of Iraq's new constitution would greatly curtail women's rights, imposing the Sharia or Koranic law in personal matters like marriage, divorce and inheritance, as well as their representation in parliament, The New York Times said.

A draft of a chapter of the new constitution, obtained by the daily, would guarantee legal rights for women, as long as they do not "violate Sharia," meaning that Shiite women could not marry without their family's permission and that husbands could divorce them simply by saying so out loud three times.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050720/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqconstitution

[Gman]

1. Well, I'll give them one thing...

saying it out loud three times is probably a lot cheaper! :evilfrown:

<Asbestos Suit On!>

[Benhurst]

2. Pathetic. But it's too bad our laws don't allow us to say three times

with similar effect, "I impeach you!"

[Tesha]

3. And does this surprise anyone? (NT)

[Swamp Rat]

4. Hmm, I wonder who told them to do that?

That's just how Bush and his Fundie-Nazis want it here.

[Eugene]

5. "it was not as severe as it could have been" ?!?!

At least they don't stone adulterers or
cut off the hands of theives... yet.

[johannes1984]

6. crap

another few million lives down the shitter due to our grand leadership .