Can it work?

The NYT has a partial text of the Iraqi Constitution. While the basis of it looks good, I am still a bit weary about the presence of Islam and how that might affect the affairs of the state, especially in terms of civil law and religious freedom.

Article (2): First, Islam is the official religion of the state and is a basic source of legislation:

a) No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.

At the same time though:

b) No law can be passed that contradicts the principles of democracy.

Hmm, this should be quite the political experiment. Luckily, they tried to make this point clear:

Article (7):

1st -- Entities or trends that advocate, instigate, justify or propagate racism, terrorism, ''takfir'' (declaring someone an infidel), sectarian cleansing, are banned...

No infidels? Sounds good to me.