hist2004
08-04-2005, 10:39 AM
Qaeda says Islamic sharia must be only law in Iraq
DUBAI (*******) - Iraq's al Qaeda group said on Thursday that Islamic sharia law should be the only legislation to govern the country, according to an Internet statement.
"The Islamic sharia is the right religion and anything else is wrong and rejected, including the constitution. No human being is allowed to legislate laws which are the right of God alone," said the statement posted on a Web site frequently used by the al Qaeda organization in Iraq.
"Participating in drafting legislations and the constitution is equal to infidelism and blatant polytheism. Whoever believes in it or calls for it or rules by it is an apostate and an infidel."
Major sticking points which have divided drafters of Iraq's new constitution along sectarian and ethnic lines include the role of Islam and how power and resources will be distributed in a federal state. Some Iraqis want Islamic sharia to be the basis of the constitution.
The head of the committee drafting the constitution told parliament on Monday that a draft of the document would be ready by an Aug. 15 deadline.
U.S. authorities have been pushing hard for the deadline to be met, seeing the drafting of the document as the best chance for attracting Sunni Arabs, from whom the insurgency draws most of its supporters, into the political process and sapping momentum from the guerrillas fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Regards,
Hist2004
DUBAI (*******) - Iraq's al Qaeda group said on Thursday that Islamic sharia law should be the only legislation to govern the country, according to an Internet statement.
"The Islamic sharia is the right religion and anything else is wrong and rejected, including the constitution. No human being is allowed to legislate laws which are the right of God alone," said the statement posted on a Web site frequently used by the al Qaeda organization in Iraq.
"Participating in drafting legislations and the constitution is equal to infidelism and blatant polytheism. Whoever believes in it or calls for it or rules by it is an apostate and an infidel."
Major sticking points which have divided drafters of Iraq's new constitution along sectarian and ethnic lines include the role of Islam and how power and resources will be distributed in a federal state. Some Iraqis want Islamic sharia to be the basis of the constitution.
The head of the committee drafting the constitution told parliament on Monday that a draft of the document would be ready by an Aug. 15 deadline.
U.S. authorities have been pushing hard for the deadline to be met, seeing the drafting of the document as the best chance for attracting Sunni Arabs, from whom the insurgency draws most of its supporters, into the political process and sapping momentum from the guerrillas fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Regards,
Hist2004