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To: Elroy who wrote (246151)	8/16/2005 2:37:23 AM
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Most Iraqis back women's rights gulf-news.com Baghdad: A survey conducted by Iraq's constitution drafting committee showed that 69 per cent of respondents support full rights for women as long as the freedoms don't contradict Islam. The survey, released on Sunday, was conducted by a subcommittee of Iraq's constitutional committee that is drafting a new charter for the country. The group was trying to gauge public opinions on key topics that were being addressed in the charter. Over 156,000 people submitted responses to a multiple-choice questionnaire that was distributed across the country. Participants turned the forms into some 1,000 boxes across the country, according to Adnan Mohammad Hassan, head of the dialogue committee that directed the survey. On the topic of women's rights, 12 per cent of respondents said women should have the same rights as men. Some secular-minded women fear a loss of rights if clerics heavily influence the new constitution. Regarding the question on how power should be distributed, 55 per cent said they favoured a decentralised form of government, while 26 per cent said they wanted a central government with full powers. The question of how much power to grant to local governments has been a contentious subject among the country's leaders. On Tuesday a top Shiite leader said he supported an autonomous region in the south for Shiites, but Sunni Arabs objected to the proposal's inclusion in the constitution, arguing that it would lead to the division of the country. On the subject of the role of religion in the government, 28 per cent said they want Islam to be the main source of legislation, while 25 per cent said it should just be the only source. The seemingly small difference in language has been negotiated on for days by the country's leaders, some who insist that the charter must say it is entirely rooted in religious law.