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Title of Article

ISLAM'S STRENGTHENING ROLE IN THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION OF 2005


Issue
3
Date
2019

Article type
scientific article
UDC
322.172.3
Pages
152-156
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Authors
Khayrullin T.R.
Institut Afriki Rossiyskoy akademii nauk; Tsentr politologicheskikh issledovaniy Finansovogo universiteta pri pravitelstve Rossiyskoy Federatsii


Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the norms of the Constitution of Iraq of 2005 concerning Sharia and Islam in general. Our comparative study shows that in the Constitution of 2005 the number of norms relating to Islam is much greater than in the previous Constitution of 1970. The minimal presence of Sharia law in the 1970 Constitution was due to the ideology of the ruling Baath nationalist party, which was incompatible with the principles of Islam. After the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the overthrow of the Baath regime, there was a change of power and reconfiguration of the political system. The Iraqi Constitution of 2005 witnessed a marked increase in the norms of Sharia and Islam in general. The reason for this was the intensification of Sunni-Shiite contradictions after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, as well as the policy of the new American administration. The events of the Arab spring that began in 2011 brought additional destabilization not only to the political system of the country but also to the entire Arab region. The continuing instability poses a direct threat to the state and constitutional order of the country.

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