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When Feldman traveled across the country in full battle gear to speak with Iraqi leaders and politicians about the country’s new constitution, the military convoy frequently attracted insurgents gunfire.
After arriving in Baghdad, Feldman played a critical role in the writing of Iraq’s new constitution. Feldman says that while most of the advisers argued for a secular constitution, he contended that such an approach would not be realistic.
Instead, Feldman proposed that the constitution should include a clause that acknowledged the role that Islam should play in the country along with the role of democracy.
“In the final constitution, the language is unique because it specifies that no law can contradict Islam, but in the same sentence, it says that no law can contradict democracy,” Feldman says.
One such project has archived Web sites related to the debate, which has largely taken place online, surrounding Japan’s revision of its postwar constitution. Archiving the Web sites of political groups, NGOs, and academic institutions will make it possible for future historians to study the evolution of...