Ah, the happy memories.
Posted on 01/12/2008 10:17:52 AM PST by mdittmar
Saddam Hussein's handwritten praise to God will be dropped from the Iraqi flag and the symbolism behind its three green stars will be changed, according to a bill presented to parliament on Saturday.
The Iraqi flag still bears the ousted dictator's handwritten Allahu Akhbar" (God is Greater) while the three stars officially symbolise unity, freedom and socialism -- the slogan of Saddam's Baath party.
Under the new flag law, given its first reading by parliament on Saturday, the praise to God will be printed -- in yellow -- in the Kufi form of Arabic script while the stars will now represent peace, tolerance and justice.
"The Iraqi parliament read the Iraqi flag law for the first time in its session on Saturday," said Naseer al-Isawi, a Sadrist lawmaker.
"The law will be applied following the second reading in four days' time," he added.
The new law would apply for a year, after which it would be looked at again, he added.
Saddam was toppled by the US-led invasion of 2003. He was executed on December 30 2006 for crimes against humanity.
According to whom? Not Sharia Law I hope.
Does “tolerance” mean higher or lower standards?
Ah, the happy memories.
Doubtful. Iraqis as a whole don't really embrace that. They're pretty forward thinking and our presence is encouraging that. They're emulating a lot of the western culture quite enthusiastically.
Talk about oxymoronic.
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Sorry to disagree. BTW -Why do we say that? I’m not “sorry.” Are you offended that I’m disagreeing with you? Do I care if you are? Yes. Am I “sorry”? Nope. Not responsible for your feelings. :>)
Anyways, being that Sharia is a system of devising laws, based on the Qur’an abd that the Iraqi constitution follows that, they do “as a whole” embrace Shari law
Note Section 1; Article 2 of the Iraqi Constitutions. It’s all you need to know.
SECTION ONE: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
Article 2:
First: Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation:
Sounds like you've got some issues. Not that I really care.
I was speaking of the culture. I know enough about the Iraqi constitution.
Could do without the attitude, but I realize now that it comes with the territory as far as some people are concerned, for some unknown reason.
Not attitude. Just trying to ask as pop cultural question. Did ya miss the “:>)”? Sheesh.
Nevertheless, the “culture” wrapped around is Shari law. That’s one of the reason our WOT efforts have been so ineffective. We approach them like they’ve been studying Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Descartes, Rousseau and Hobbs.
Unfortunately for us, they have not.
“Isalm is the source of all legislation”
Who defines Isalm? Not the Iraqi state and the legislature. Additionally, the language of the constitution shows that any of the guarrentees can be superceded by Isalmic law. They have exactly what our founders did not want
We can’t be thinking like westerns. (Sigh)
Feverish. Burning up one minute; shivering the next. Deep cough. Lots of fun. With that whole unprovoked soliloquy about how my feelings don't matter, yada, yada, yada, what on earth am I supposed to think?
Nevertheless, the “culture” wrapped around is Shari law.
I'm not sure which country you are referring to. Even the Gulf nations are all vastly different from each other, Iraq being among the most culturally secular.
That’s one of the reason our WOT efforts have been so ineffective.
The demise of al Qaeda in Iraq does not say "ineffective" to me. From my perspective, the WOT has been quite effective.
But I'm not feeling well. You go ahead and tell all of us about Iraq.
I'll just sit here and learn about it seeing as I know so little. I just don't get to watch CNN, et al as much as I'd like to.
How odd,stay safe.
***Saddam was toppled by the US-led invasion of 2003. He was executed on December 30 2006 for crimes against humanity.***
Saddam was toppled by the Pres. Bush-led invasion of 2003. (There, fixed it.)
Sorry, I’m slow on the uptake.
You quote the U.S. constitution? Why?
Because you’re “slow on the uptake”
PROTIP: Allegra might have a bit more knowledge of how the Iraqi-on-the-street sees the world than you or I, PM. :p
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