12.22.2005

Early returns reveal that Shiites and Sunnis opted for religious parties.

It seems the Bush administration has been so focused on successful elections in Iraq that the consequences of an Islamist majority have not been fully considered.

A Christian Science Monitor article provides a preliminary assessment of the outcome.

"With more than three-quarters of the country giving a vote of confidence to Islamist parties, last Thursday's vote raises the prospect of Iraq being more overtly religious than ever before."

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