Comments on: Iraq Giving Up on Constitution? http://donklephant.com/2005/08/25/iraq-giving-up-on-constitution/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://donklephant.com/2005/08/25/iraq-giving-up-on-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Rebecca Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:35:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/25/iraq-giving-up-on-constitution/#comment-1634 Joshua - Just curious. Is "shari'a lite" the way you describe the Afganistan constitution? Considering they have the same clause about Islam being the state religion and the Afgani constitution is a perceived as a good constitution, why is it that the Iraqi constitution is a not? http://www.redstate.org/story/2005/8/24/221552/864 Joshua – Just curious. Is “shari’a lite” the way you describe the Afganistan constitution? Considering they have the same clause about Islam being the state religion and the Afgani constitution is a perceived as a good constitution, why is it that the Iraqi constitution is a not?

http://www.redstate.org/story/2005/8/24/221552/864

]]> By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2005/08/25/iraq-giving-up-on-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Joshua Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:47:29 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/25/iraq-giving-up-on-constitution/#comment-1631 Sounds to me more like they're just giving up on the deadline. This actually isn't all bad. It means there's still a chance (albeit a slim one) that a secular model of government can still be salvaged in the final document after all, as opposed to the "<i>shari'a</i> lite" regime called for in the constitution as it stands now. Sounds to me more like they’re just giving up on the deadline.

This actually isn’t all bad. It means there’s still a chance (albeit a slim one) that a secular model of government can still be salvaged in the final document after all, as opposed to the “shari’a lite” regime called for in the constitution as it stands now.

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