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February 14, 2005

The rise of fundamentalist Iraq?

Brother Kenya links to his fav Iraqi blogger, Riverbend of Baghdad Burning, who offers a "woman on the street" perspective of the political situation in Iraq.

Riverbend points out the growing signs of conservative Islamic treatment of woman in Iraq and warns that the future of woman's rights in Iraq looks bleak.

It's interesting that she uses her secular Shia cousin to illustrate a point in the post. Saddam was famous for having engendered a decidedly secularist society. That was the root of why Osama bin Laden wanted to see Saddam ousted from power. How could he spread his radical Wahhabist brand of Islam to Iraq when Saddam enforced secularism with an iron-fist?

Looks like Bush did Osama and like-minded Islamic Conservatives a huge favor with respect to Iraq.

Time will tell how and where the new crop of Iraqi leaders take the country if and when they regain real sovereignty. The handwriting seems to be on the proverbial wall, with respect to the treatment of women, though.

Posted by Kevin at February 14, 2005 01:06 PM