Kurd: Islam May Get Bigger Role in Iraq

[tocqueville]

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 24 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United States is pressuring Kurds to accept demands of majority Shiites and Sunnis on the role of Islam in government in order to reach agreement on a draft constitution, a Kurdish official taking part in the negotiations said early Saturday.

Those demands would give the Muslim religion a bigger role in Iraqi society at the expense of women's rights and civil liberties, said the official, who refused to allow his name to be used because of the sensitivity of the issue.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_constitution

[marbuc]

1. Ya think?

I thought GWB, Pat Robertson, and Dr. Dobson were teaming up to spread christianity and make this world a better place! :sarcasm:

[H2O Man]

2. This week's Time

has an article on the growing influence of Iran within Iraq that I think is well worth reading. The Cheney administration made some very serious errors here. Thanks, Dick.