Iraq at Risk Of Turning Into An Islamic State

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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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