Acidus wrote:
] ] The clerics generally agree that the constitution must
] ] ensure that no laws passed by the state contradict a
] ] basic understanding of Shariah as laid out in the Koran.
] ] Women should not be treated as the equals of men in
] ] matters of marriage, divorce and family inheritance, they
] ] say. Nor should men be prevented from having multiple
] ] wives, they add.
] ]
] ] One tenet of Shariah mandates that in dividing family
] ] property, male children get twice as much as female
] ] children.
] ]
] ] "We don't want to see equality between men and women
] ] because according to Islamic law, men should have
] double
] ] of women," said Muhammad Kuraidy, a spokesman for
] ] Ayatollah Yacoubi. "This is written in the Koran and
] ] according to God."
]
] Ahh yes, Democracy, so long as it doesn't violate Islamic law.
] You think Bush's "mandate from the people" has caused some
] aggressive policy proposals? This 3 page NYTs article
] discusses what the leading (and very conservative) Shiite
] Ayatollahs plan to do with their "mandate," and it has very
] little to do with freedom or equality. It haseverything to do
] with as Islamic of a state is possible. Try this on for size:
]
] The leading Shiite clerics say they have no intention of
] taking executive office and following the Iranian model of
] wilayat al-faqih, or direct governance by religious scholars.
] But the clerics also say the Shiite politicians ultimately
] answer to them, and that the top religious leaders,
] collectively known as the marjaiya, will shape the
] constitution through the politicians.
]
] Dance my puppets Dance!

Oh wtf did anyone THINK was going to happen the way we set their govt up? ONe house? No checks and balances? Permission for all minorities to be completely run over.

That was not a real VOTE. That's not a democratic govt as we think of it. AND I've not seen this reported on FOX.

RE: Leading Shiite Clerics Pushing Islamic Constitution in Iraq