Politics

Islamic/Muslim State Is Proposed For Afghanistan

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 contentious issue in this conservative nation, an Afghan official told the Associated Press yesterday. As they draw up a constitution aimed at unifying the fragmented 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. Posted by Editor at September 29, 2003 10:09 AM