'Islam is the official religion of the state'

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Iraqi Constitution Islam is the official religion of the state and is a basic source of legislation:
(a) No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.

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U.S. Constitution "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
Article 1, Section 2

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I guess sometimes you just have to make concessions to write a constitution. There are some things you can fix later, once everybody starts working together.

On the other hand, you could just have a civil war.

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No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam

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I can't think of a single rule of Islam that I object to that is not in dispute. Can you?

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U.S. COnstitution, Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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Maybe the government of Iraq will be as faithful to the rules of Islam as the U.S. government has been to the rights of the people.

One can hope.