If the ultra religious parties in Iraq would only stop fighting...

they would discover that a democratic nation would suit their purposes more than a theocracy would. In the US, orthodox religious practioners are free to behave as they wish. The rule of law must be followed, but it leaves great wiggle room for people to practice individual morality and religious beliefs. You can live like the Amish in Pennsylvania. You can live as an ultra Orthodox Jew in New York. You can slaughter goats in Santeria rituals. The Mormons are still practicing polygamy in some states. The religious parties in Iraq and Afghanistan have to give up their fear and distrust of the other. What they are really afraid of is, temptation. It's hard to resist the lure of liberal western living. Porn, alcohol and premarital sex are hard to live side by side with and not partake of. The Amish understand that you have to come to your religion of your own free will. Protection from temptation does not make a person pure or good. It's the resistance of temptation and the will to overcome baser instincts that make a person worthy.