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From World Magazine:
...The rise in terrorist attacks over the past month and its link to the constitutional debate in Iraq should not be underestimated. No one has a greater stake in the wording of Article 1 than al-Qaeda and its affiliates.
Intense pressure from the Islamic left and right is falling on Baghdad's parliamentary committee on the constitution. And it's this simple: whether Article 1 will declare the Quran "the" source of inspiration behind Iraqi laws or "a" source. For the sake of those wee words, U.S. and Iraqi forces are shedding their blood, and brave Iraqis are taking to the streets to have their voices heard, too.
Women representing 17 civil society groups took the streets of Najaf on Aug. 3.
"We want to make clear that we're against any attempt to revive the notorious 137 personal affairs laws," organizer Intisar Al-Mayali declared. "We want a civil law to govern issues like marriage and inheritance . . . and even the existing civil law that we support needs to be modified and improved in a way that matches the needs and rights of Iraqi women and we insist that Islam must not be the only source of legislation."
What is striking about the protest was its location, Najaf, a Shiite stronghold where local elected leaders and clerics demand Islamic law be the law of the land.
That is why al-Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri came out of hiding in Afghanistan in an Aug. 4 videotape long enough to issue more death threats to U.S. troops in Iraq and more strikes against the United States. He may wag his finger at the West. But it's the women he's afraid of.
Hat tip for the link to Tsar Lazar, who comments:
...for the more vocal feminists, civil-rights warriors, and other stereotypes of the Left, to actually give aid and comfort to Iraqi women would be to admit that the President’s policy on Iraq has been successful and may actually improve the life of the average Iraqi.
Thus, we see the Left caught once again on the horns of a dilemma of its own making. To respond whole-heartedly to the request (which is, morally, the right thing to do---no tongue-in-cheek intended) is to admit the Iraq invasion has accomplished much good---something which would make Teddy Kennedy choke on his martini olive. On the other hand, failure to respond to the request would raise charges of hypocrisy since it would mean ignoring the plight of a decidedly underpriviliged group that has made an eloquent appeal for help.
So far the Liberals are avoiding this subject with the help of MSM, which refuses to report on it. This is a perfect example of the insidious effect of MSM being so unbelievably in the tank for the Dems. Because they are restricted to their anti-Iraq war, anti-GWB message, MSM refuses to cover something that it ordinarily cares deeply about: women's rights. MSM suppresses this news so that the U.S. public doesn't hear about it. The result: Libs can pretend there is no such thing going on.
In this way MSM is aiding the great harm which will be done to women's rights in Iraq, should the Iraq constitution specify the Koran as "the" source for Iraqi law.
