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[Gunny]

By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: March 4, 2008

BAGHDAD — After almost five years of war, many young people in Iraq, exhausted by constant firsthand exposure to the violence of religious extremism, say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they preach.

In two months of interviews with 40 young people in five Iraqi cities, a pattern of disenchantment emerged, in which young Iraqis, both poor and middle class, blamed clerics for the violence and the restrictions that have narrowed their lives.

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One can only hope this becomes a trend.

 

[GHook93]

One can only hope this becomes a trend.

Amen! But I doubt enough feel this way to make an impact.