OpinionJournal has a nice little piece about an Iraqi Christian pastor and his church in Baghdad. As I've written before, one of the greatest benefits of liberating Iraq will be the establishment of religious freedom in the heart of the Middle East (excluding, of course, Israel). Iraq's interim constitution provides equal standing to all religions while acknowledging Islam as "a source" of law, and I don't expect the Coalition to approve any final constitution that limits religious freedom more than that.
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umm..Iraq already had religious freedom. In fact, Tariq Aziz (Saddam's deputy) is Christian. I suppose next you'll also talk about the great strides in women's rights.
Manish,
Would the Shia have agreed with you?
M: If you read the article I linked to you'll see that at least one Iraqi pastor disagrees with you. In theory, the Arab world is full of democracies, too.
Plus, let's see, how many women have been tortured and raped by the government in the past year? Zero? That's sounds like a great stride forward for women's rights to me! Plus, both men and women will have a chance to vote for the first time in several decades, which also seems like a significant advance.