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To: Elroy who wrote (217842)	2/7/2005 3:38:38 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575146

Sistani is the chief Shia leader in a Muslim country. How could he say anything OTHER than the constitution must absolutely use Sharia as its basis. Any religious leader would say the same thing. That's fine but in the more secular Muslim countries like Turkey, Sharia is not the basis of the constitution or the legal system as Sistani is proposing for Iraq. In those countries, Sharia mainly governs things like marriage and family. And its not even directly pulled from the Koran.......but rather it was inspired by the Koran and Muslim life. I'm sure the pope would say every countries laws should conform to and not contradict Catholic teachings (ie, no condom usage and no abortions). To say otherwise would be anti-religious, and the pope can't be that way.... Yes, but the Pope has political jurisdiction only over the Vatican........a city state that does not interact with other nations in a political way. Iraq is a political nation state that many had hoped would remain secular. ted