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To make International Women’s Day on 8 March
a day of saying No to Islamic Sharia law in
Iraq
To all women’s, progressive, secularist and
labour movement organizations
Iraqi women are facing a historic threat.
The US/UK occupation has strengthened
political Islamist groups, who now
constitute a majority in the US-installed
parliament and have a dominant position in
the new constitution based on ethnic
division and the principles of Islamic
Sharia law. Iraq’s personal status law will
now be abolished and all marital and family
matters will be conducted on the basis of
Sharia and other forms of religious-tribal
law. This means the enslavement of Iraqi
women under a system of laws developed
hundreds of years ago in the dark ages.
Iraqi women will not accept their
subjugation. We will stand firm against both
the occupation and political Islam in Iraq.
To do this we need your solidarity - please
support us in our struggle.
Please sign the following statement and send
it back to us:
"The war and the occupation of Iraq by the
US and UK have opened the way for
reactionary forces in Iraqi society to
impose a constitution based on Islamic
Sharia and other forms of religious-tribal
law. We the undersigned organizations and
individuals condemn the introduction of
religious law. We demand freedom and
equality for Iraqi women and support their
Struggle for a democratic, secular and
egalitarian constitution."
For further information please contact
Houzan Mahmoud:
houzan73@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 79 56 88 3001
www.equalityiniraq.com |