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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
what rights are they losing? did someone find a cite or are you just working out the arguments in case later you find out some were lost?
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How's this for a cite? From
Voice of America ("Editorials Reflecting the Views of the
United States Government" according to the page):
- Manal Omar is regional representative in Iraq of Women for Women International, a private organization. She told a reporter, "Many Iraqi women are outraged by the idea that [the current draft of the] constitution refers to Islamic Shariah [law] as the primary legal source, especially as it relates to the personal-status law."
Under Shariah, women receive smaller inheritances than men and have fewer rights if they divorce. "Many women are not against Islamic law in the constitution," says Ms. Omar, "but feel that safeguards need to be put in place with regard to interpretations and applications of an overarching Islamic Shariah."
I haven't read Iraq’s interim constitution, but I understand that it contains an equal protection clause appplicable to men and women. The current draft reportedly does not have such a clause.