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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (18929)	1/12/2007 12:55:22 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

I can see why these policies of the vote for women and exams for muslim Clerics would be wildly unpopular with the left. Instead the American left supports honor killings, wife beating and religious law. Who would have thought that someone who named himself American Spirit would be against the right of women to vote. en.wikipedia.org He made major changes to curb the power of certain ancient elite factions by expropriating large and medium-sized estates for the benefit of more than four million small farmers. In the White Revolution, he took a number of major modernization measures, including extending suffrage to women, much to the discontent and opposition of the Islamic clergy. He instituted exams for Islamic theologians to become established clerics, which were widely unpopular and broke centuries-old religious traditions. The mullahs were accustomed to having total control over admission to their ranks.