Iraq: Uneven voter turnout elects women who push sharia law while anti-woman violence rages

Friday, April 1, 2005 , holds a majority in the new parliament, and asserts that sharia is “non-negotiable”.]] Half of those who won seats reserved for women in the new National Assembly of Iraq are members of a coalition dominated by Shi’a religious parties, and they say they want Islamic sharia-based laws with legal differences […]

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