Thursday, April 05, 2012

Conservative Shia rulers taking Iraq backwards

"The constantly expanding powers of conservative Shiite Islamists have inspired a backlash among some concerned Iraqi communities; not just Sunnis, but also secular Shiites, liberals and artists, as well as the few remaining Christians.

They wonder what happened to all those promises from 2003 about Iraq becoming a pluralistic nation with Western-style guarantees of civil liberties. Instead, they say, Iraqis got a country where the once-treasured national orchestra can't even play for fans in the southern Shiite cities of Najaf and Karbala because religious authorities have deemed musical performances un-Islamic."

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/05/2733854_p3/iraq-unstable-sectarian-with-signs.html#storylink=cpy

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