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Monday, September 29, 2003
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THE BATTALIO
Public to see Afghan constitutio
By Daniel Cooney
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan — A
new constitution that will be put
forward soon for ratification
declares Afghanistan a Muslim
state but stops short of imposing
Islamic Shariah law, a con
tentious issue in this conserva
tive nation, an Afghan official
told The Associated Press on
Sunday.
As they draw up a constitu
tion aimed at unifying the frag
mented nation, conservatives
and secularists have been hotly
debating how to enshrine Islam
into law after years under the
Taliban, who enforced a harsh
version of Shariah that some
Afghans recall with horror but
others support.
The hard-line Taliban militia
banned women from working,
barred girls from school and
ordered men to grow their
beards long and pray five times
a day, as well as carried out exe
cutions and amputations for a
range of crimes.
Ratifying a constitution is
crucial for Afghanistan as it lays
the foundations for its first dem
ocratic elections in decades,
scheduled for June. The
rebuilders of Afghanistan hope
that vote will be a cornerstone
for political stability after 23
years of war.
A 10-day meeting of a 500-
member loya jirga, or grand
council, will debate and ratify
the constitution. The gathering
was pushed back by two months
to December after President
Hamid Karzai demanded more
time to finish the document.
After 11 months of work by
dozens of constitutional experts
and three months
of public consul
tations in which
150,000 people
submitted sug
gestions, a draft
will likely be
released this
week.
The question
of Shariah has
been “a huge
and Shariah law was dropped,!
is operating under an amendet
version of a 1964 constitute
drafted under former Kisi
Mohammad Zaher Shah.
Some in Afghanistan suppc-
the version of Shariah impost;
by the Taliban, others arguetli
Islamic law should be the law
the land — eve;
u
So far, the focus
has been on trying to
find a consensus.
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on constitution effort
if it’s not tin
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emerged froi
hard-line rel
gious schools in
Pakistan.
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Arab state;
define t
struggle” in the work on the
constitution, said an Afghan
official involved in the drafting.
“So far, the focus has been on
trying to find a consensus,” the
official told the AP on condition
on anonymity. But, he said, “a
balance has been found.”
The document’s preamble
declares, “Afghanistan is an
Islamic state” and says its laws
must be in accordance with
Islam, but it does not impose
Shariah, the official said.
The Taliban, who ruled most
of the country from 1996 to
2001, ignored the former consti
tution altogether and imposed
their interpretation of Shariah.
After their removal, an interim
administration was established
selves as Muslim nations into
constitution, some call Sharia!
the basis of their laws and some
make no mention of Shariah ai
all. Saudi Arabia enforces aver
sion of Islamic law that is some
what less strict than the
Taliban’s.
Karzai has been given a draft
of the constitution for review
and will release it to the public
“in the next few days,"
Constitutional Review
Commission spokesman Abdul
Ghafoor Lewal said. He
declined to comment on the con
tent of the document.
Another official said it would
be released Thursday or Friday,
after Karzai returns from an
overseas trip.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Supposed al-Qaida tape says
America is targeting Islam
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — An audiotape attributed
to al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahri and broad
cast on Al-Jazeera satellite television Sunday
accused the United States of trying to abolish
Islam.
The tape appeared to be recent, as the speak
er referred to a visit by Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon to India earlier this month and the Sept. 6
resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas.
The tape was poor quality, but the voice sound
ed like al-Zawahri’s. There was no immediate way
to confirm its authenticity.
“The crusade camp that is led by America .. is
targeting Islam and Muslims, even if it claimsM
it is fighting terrorism.... This campaign is seeking
to abolish Islam as a doctrine and a law,” the
speaker said.
Al-Jazeera spokesman Jihad Bailout told The
Associated Press that the station received a tele
phone call from an unknown person saying they
had a recording. Bailout said the station wot:
broadcast only portions of the tape.
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