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To: DMaA who wrote (133975)	8/23/2005 2:07:09 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793838

Some Islamic sects are opposed to democracy, but it's not universal.

To: DMaA who wrote (133975)	8/24/2005 3:02:42 PM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 793838

Preamble to the Iraqi Constitution: "We the People of Iraq, newly arisen from our disasters and looking with confidence to the future through a democratic, federal, republican system, are determined - to respect the rule of law, reject the policy of aggression, pay attention to women and their rights, elderly and their cares, children and their affairs, spread the culture of diversity and defuse terrorism..." I don't know if it has been mentioned, but Islam is the Official Religion and "a basic source of legislation" (not "*the* basic source of legislation"). "I was under the impression that Sharia law prescribed an authoritarian regime. I could be wrong"