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Imagining Religious Freedom: Potentials and Pitfalls in the “Land between Two Rivers”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Aaron Tyler
Aaron Tyler*
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St. Mary's University
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Aaron Tyler, Graduate International Relations Department at St. Mary's University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78227. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article explores the complex reality of religious freedom in post-war Iraq. It examines the constitutional parameters of religious freedom in a democratizing Iraq, while also demonstrating how the muddy realities of sectarian intolerance and violence continue to impede the realization of this essential liberty in “the land between two rivers.”

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Politics and Religion , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , April 2010 , pp. 81 - 101
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2009

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