إلا أنه لا بد للعالم بأسره من إدراك أن ما جرى في العراق بالأمس من فظائع، وما يجري فيه اليوم من إعادة إعمار، يشكل حدثا تاريخيا جسيما، لا بد للمجتمع الدولي من النهوض لإيفائه مستحقه.
Let me point out a truth that is often overlooked: that the State, during the previous century, used religion for its own ends and took from it what suited those who had usurped power. They rejected the independence of institutions and of religious centres, taking over the Awqaf and imposing a religious terminology that suited their own interests, at the expense of those of others.