An Iraqi Shiite muslim at the Kademiya Shrine on the outskirts of Baghdad (AP)
Religion, Iraq, and Democracy Story aired: Thursday, April 17, 2003
Baghdad is still a city with a huge leadership vacuum. Some policemen have returned to their posts, but there are no government agencies and few services at all.
So who are people turning to for help? In many cases, people look to the local Imam and the Muslim Mosque.
Dick Gordon, host of the NPR's "The Connection" is in Baghdad with a report on Iraq's clerics and potential conflicts with the push for a secular government.
