Iraq at Risk Of Turning Into An Islamic State
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
WASHINGTON – As lawmakers in Baghdad struggle to meet their extended deadline to produce a constitution by Monday, an envoy from Iraq’s largest Islamist party said yesterday that he expected the document to include a clause requiring that legislation “not contradict with Islamic law.” The inclusion of such a clause has been an ongoing source of debate for drafters, and has raised concerns that Iraq could become an Islamic Republic, like neighboring Iran.
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