Repression in the New Iraq - Sharia Law Making Headway - NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/international/middleeast/06shiites.html

With religious Shiite parties poised to take power in the new constitutional assembly, leading Shiite clerics are pushing for Islam to be recognized as the guiding principle of the new constitution.
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At the very least, the clerics say, ... matters like marriage, divorce and family inheritance fall under Shariah, or Koranic law.
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the clerics also say the Shiite politicians ultimately answer to them, and that the top religious leaders, collectively known as the marjaiya, will shape the constitution through the politicians.

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Women are harassed if they walk the streets in anything less than head-to-toe black. Conservative judges are invoking Shariah in some courts. MORE...