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USATODAY.com - Leading Shiite cleric says new Iraq must embrace Islamic law:

"A high-ranking Shiite cleric who helped a coalition of religious parties to apparent victory in Iraq's elections eight days ago said Sunday that the new constitution must embody Islamic law.

'We will accept no compromise,' said a statement by Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayad, one of the three top Shiite clerics who serve beneath the most senior religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Al-Fayad said separation of religion and state must be 'completely rejected.'" MORE...