"Islam will be the official religion of the state and it will be a source...of legislation. Also the law will say to respect Islam as the religion of the majority," Governing Council spokesman Hameed Kefaey told the BBC, after the deal had been reached.



as long as islam or any other religion is considered the "official religion" of a country, and as long as islam or any other religion is considered to be a "source of ligislation", there will be no democracy in that country !

I feel very sorry for the women of Iraq, because they have more dark days ahead of them, as their rights will be violated under the "official religion" of islam.


The people of Iran REJECT islam and all other religions as being a part of their government, and will not accept ANY religion to be designated as the "official" religion in their constitution !

The new constitution of Iran must NOT mention the name of ANY religion, and must NOT mention "god" or any other supernatural entity !

Please go to this site and select the International Relief Fund from the list.

In times of need ONLY HUMANS can help each other !!!! no supernatural being will come to our aid !! WE must aid ourselves and each other !!!!

of course people are too set in their mind and belief in this non-existant creature that supposedly would protect the lives of such innocent children, so they never place blame on the supposedly all-powerfull "god" which would presumably control the forces of nature such as Earthquakes. No, earthquakes are just there, and then this "god" is supposed to provide relief. ya right, whatever !

Maybe if people didn't believe in this non-existant protector, they wouldn't be so complaicent, and they would take action to protect themselves, instead of just saying "harchi khoda bekhad", "khoda bozorgeh". Maybe they would have taken action and built better and stronger buildings, instead of having TENS OF THOUSANDS of people live in MUD SHACKS !!!!

yes, indeed, the legacy of the pahlavi and khomeini regimes lives on. and both were such pious believers in "god". maybe they should have believed in taking money out of their pockets and building the country instead !!!

" It should be clear to all that Islam -- the faith of one-fifth of humanity -- is consistent with democratic rule. Democratic progress is found in many predominantly Muslim countries -- in Turkey and Indonesia, and Senegal and Albania, Niger and Sierra Leone. Muslim men and women are good citizens of India and South Africa, of the nations of Western Europe, and of the United States of America.

More than half of all the Muslims in the world live in freedom under democratically constituted governments. They succeed in democratic societies, not in spite of their faith, but because of it. A religion that demands individual moral accountability, and encourages the encounter of the individual with God, is fully compatible with the rights and responsibilities of self-government."

Bush should not have mentioned anything about islam, when speaking about democracy in the Middle East. He should realize that democracy will not be possible without secularism and separation of islam from government, in all middle eastern nations. It is totally irrelevant if he thinks that islam is compatible with democracy. The fact is that any time islam is given any part at all in a coutry's government, it ends up spoiling all ideas of liberty, human rights, and democracy. One way or another, some mullah is going to come and have his interpretation of islam, and is going to say that women can't vote or work, or that they have to dress this way or that way, and he will impose his interpretations of islam onto all aspects of people's lives.


Liberty, freedom, equality of women and men, democracy, are NOT possible if islam is thrown in the mix. A speach about demoracy, should NOT make any mention of islam, nor any other religon.

If Bush is truley interested in seeing democracy develope in the Middle East, he should underscore the importance of secularism, and separation of religion from government. It remains to be seen if the US and Europe are truly interested in seeing democracy devlope in the Middle East, or its just empty rhetoric. If they are realy serious about it, they should promote and support secularist democrats in the Middle East, and deny the islamists any support or help at all !!!

"The debate regarding God as the authority for moral values is a controversial one "

therefore it must be kept out of the constitution and all governmental affairs. The purpose of the constitution is to lay down the structure of government, NOT to settle controversies about the origins of the universe !

matters of morality and ethics in society can be discussed and implemented in law by the perliament, outside the control of any religious institutions.

Human laws are created by humans, NOT by any supernatural entitites.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=572&u=/nm/20031026/lf_nm/iran_nobel_ebadi_dc&ncid=811


" Asked how such inequalities could be changed when deeply religious clerics controlled the main levers of power in Iran, Ebadi insisted that Islam was not to blame.

"After 20 years of legal studies I can say definitively that with a correct interpretation of Islam human rights can be respected. The problem is the interpretation," she said. "



Dear Mrs. Ebadi,

Frankly, we do NOT care nor wish to reinterpret islam ! We do NOT want islam (nor any other religion) to form the basis of the laws that govern Iran. We do NOT want the judicial system or the civil laws of Iran to be based on islam !!! no matter who's interpretation you talk about !!!!

we are SICK AND TIRED OF ISLAM AND ALL OF ITS VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS !!!! if you want islam, go to the mosque !!!

Iranian women must have equal rights with men, PERIOD. not because of any interpretation of islam, but simply because that is their HUMAN RIGHT !

A free and democratic Iran must be a SECULAR society, in which NO religion takes precedence over any other, and NO religion plays any role in its govermental affairs ! Economic, social, political, civil policies must NOT be based on islam, no matter how or which interpretation !!!


Congratulations for winning the Nobel Peace Prize !
Nabood bAd regime khoon khAr-e Akhoondi !!!
Nang bar khAmenei, Nang bar rafsanjani !!!

Dorood.

http://www.payvand.com/news/03/oct/1005.html

these 3000 filthy mullahs are treating you people like slaves ! you go to work, and keep the economy going, so these filthy animals can keep living off of your blood like leaches (zAloo) !!!

when are you people going to all go on STRIKE !!! ???

when a part of your body gets infected with blood sucking parasites, you have to cut off the blood supply !!!

STRIKE !!!

or continue to live like slaves....

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court is to try an Intelligence Ministry interrogator for the "semi-intentional" murder of a Canadian journalist in a rare test of the accountability of Iran's powerful security apparatus.



the filthy terrorist mullahs once again make a mockery of law and justice, by bringing BOGUS charges against minor scape-goats in the intelligence agency, and totally overlooking the crimes of the REAL perpetrators, ie, the chief of the intelligence(?) ministry himself !

when are the europeans going to act like civilized humans, and STOP ALL RELATIONS with the filthy terrorist murderous mullahs ??? the European governments and companies are only interested in MONEY ! all this nonsense talk of "constructive dialogue" and constantly calling the filthy mullah khatami a "reformer" are just an excuse to be able to continue their trade relations with the mullahs so they can make money off of the lives of the Iranian people, who are being held as slaves by the blood sucking mullahs !

SHAME on all European people, for allowing their governments to continue this stupid puppet show !