{"id":6127,"date":"2010-04-15T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2013-05-29T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:47:08","slug":"october-14-2005-anthony-shadid-on-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2010\/04\/15\/october-14-2005-anthony-shadid-on-iraq\/6127\/","title":{"rendered":" Anthony Shadid on Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally broadcast October 14, 2005<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

BOB ABERNETHY<\/strong>, anchor: In Iraq this weekend, the long-awaited countrywide vote on the new constitution.<\/p>\n

There were celebrations in Baghdad after last-minute changes in parliament designed to win support for the constitution from the minority of Sunni Muslims. As copies of the proposed constitution were distributed, Shiite Muslims and Kurds seemed overwhelmingly in favor. Sunnis were said to be divided.<\/p>\n

Analysis now of the situation on the ground from Anthony Shadid — an Oklahoma-born, Arabic speaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for THE WASHINGTON POST. Shadid has written a moving new book, NIGHT DRAWS NEAR, about everyday Iraqi life – and death.<\/p>\n

In our interview, Shadid spoke of two influences on Iraqis — guns and the major types of Islam.<\/p>\n

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