Monday, August 22, 2005

Iraqi Constitutional Agreement Imminent

According to the Iraqi blog, Iraq the Model al Iraqiya television is reporting that agreement has been reached on a final draft of the Iraqi Constitution, with lingering reservations by the Sunni minority.
Regarding Islam and the constitution: it was agreed upon that no laws that are against the widely agreed upon values of Islam can be issued and no laws that are against the values of democracy and human rights can be issued.
Natural resources according to the draft will be managed in cooperation between the central government and the local administrations of the federal states/provinces.
Via The Jawa Report.