Author: Ayoub Saad

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Iraq’s Eternal Sunni-Shiite Divide — And The Modern Question Of Hate Speech Laws

People inspecting a vehicle destroyed by an explosive device at a street market in the City of Sadr in eastern Baghdad, which killed at least one civilian and injured 12 on April 15, 2021, in Baghdad, Iraq.
People inspecting a vehicle destroyed by an explosive device at a street market in the City of Sadr in eastern Baghdad, which killed at least one civilian and injured 12 on April 15, 2021, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Dangerous sectarian rhetoric between Sunnis and Shiites is returning ahead of Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary election, on Nov. 11. If Iraq wants to grow stronger, it must restore value to national identity and criminalize hate speech.

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