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Iraqi constitution and role of Islam

Questions are also being raised about Islam as the guiding force and inspiration for the new constitution. Frankly speaking, Iraqi political parties are getting all worked up about a non-issue. Iraq’s Sunnis, Shias and Kurds all believe in Islam and as such cannot have any problem in the faith being the basis for Iraq’s new constitution.

Even the Kurds, who are said to have raised questions about Islam’s role in the new constitution, do not have a separate religious identity. The Kurds are not a separate religious group. So where’s the question of friction over Islam’s role in Iraq’s constitution? And what’s wrong if Islam and the Holy Quran form the basis of the new constitution? The Iraqis have lived together for centuries in peace without bothering about these petty sectarian and ethnic identities. Those raising these issues now are trying to divide the Iraqi people in the name of sectarian interests.

The Western media has been predicting civil war and division of Iraq on ethnic and religious lines for quite some time. Do the Iraqis want the dire prophecy to come true? The Iraqis can prevent such a catastrophe by joining hands for peace and a better Iraq.