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		bhouston 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The United States and Israel have launched a major... “ There were non Muslims in senior political positions.” What are you talking about? Iraq is >95% Muslim, but there are a few different sub groups. With those numbers there were few in government then and now who are not Muslim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Iraq

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graemep 4 days ago [–]

Its very much Muslim minority, but having even a few in senior government positions (e.g. Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister) is an indication that its not a theocracy.

IT was a dictatorship, of course, but not a theocratic one.

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