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Afghanistan Declared Islamic Republic
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (Mehr News Agency) -- On Monday the new Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan came into effect after it was signed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
A new Islamic republic has been established. The fact that Afghans chose the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as the official name of their country is highly significant. Now there are three Islamic republics in the region: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Each has a different interpretation of what an Islamic republic should be, and this is a positive development. According to most Islamic scholars, the ideal Islamic state will only be established by Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him) after he appears. Therefore, it is necessary to have diverse views on the Islamic political system before that great event. Through diversity a greater consensus can emerge. The delegates attending the Loya Jirga (Afghan grand assembly) earlier this month to draft the new Afghan Constitution had some difficulties in determining what kind of system to establish for the country, but finally some compromises were reached. Islamists wanted the Constitution to be based on Shar'ia (Islamic law), whereas moderates and secularists wanted it to be based on secular civil law. Finally, it was decided that Afghanistan should have a system of civil law which would be in line with Islam.
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