Excerpts Iraqi Constitution.
SECTION ONE: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
Article 2:
First: Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation:
A. No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established.
Article 15:
Every individual has the right to enjoy life, security and liberty. Deprivation or restriction of these rights is prohibited (except in accordance with the law) and based on a decision issued by a competent judicial authority.
Supreme Court:
Second: The Federal Supreme Court shall be made up of number of judges, and experts in Islamic jurisprudence and law experts whose number, the method of their selection and the work of the court shall be determined by a law enacted by a two-third majority of the members of the Council of Representatives.
Article 91:
Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court are final and binding for all authorities.
“Stay the course and leave a somewhat stable Iraq that might be our friend or declare defeat and insure the rule of Sharia law.”
It appears that our victory has insured the rule of “ Sharia law.”
Depending on your perspective, the Bill of Rights can mean different things to different people.
To the Sunni Taliban Sharia means forcing the populace to live as the Taliban decides it will, with stoning rape victims and hanging homosexuals, along with burning record stores and flogging barbers who cut beards among the punishments.
The Iraqi constitution provides for judicial review by elected representative who aren’t necessarily mullahs or imams of one sect but will be composed of a two-third majority of the members of the Council of Representatives. That’s not to say that Iraq won’t take the path of radicalism even with our presence, but it will almost certainly do so if we leave now.
I admit that you are correct about Sharia being the final word in the Iraqi constitution. The interpretation of what that word means in Iraq is what I’m concerned about. I also accept that Islam itself may be the enemy and if we lose, which we haven’t,or leave which we will if Ron Paul or any DemocRAT wins, it will mean that the radicals decide what Sharia law means.
We have a good chance to influence events throughout the Middle East or we can run away and have no chance. Ron Paul wants us to run away.
I do like what RP says about immigration, but I don’t think he really has a clue as to how to make his word fact and so I have no faith in him.
Michael Frazier