What does it mean when a society makes peace a crime, and adds the death penalty as a consequence? My native Iraq is about to find out.

A grotesque new law by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is expected to be implemented by the Iraqi government in the coming weeks, prescribing the death penalty for Iraqi citizens, foreigners visiting Iraq, and Iraqis abroad who communicate with Israelis in any way, even online.

If Iraq follows through on this antisemitic, racist, and warmongering law, its government should be held to account by the world. 

The author is a secular Muslim who represented Iraq in the 2017 Miss Universe pageant. After posting an Instagram photo of herself and Miss Israel during the pageant, she received a torrent of death threats, and she and her family were forced to flee Iraq.

Source: The Algemeiner