Sharif Ali's aides project him as a symbolic figure who could soothe Iraq's political chaos, but analysts say his family have never enjoyed great support.

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Such objections may be the reason why the NCCUSL's normal partner when it comes to making uniform laws, the American Law Institute (ALI), withdrew from the project in April.

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You can talk about all these things in Tunisia now, some of these topics were taboo under the Ben Ali regime, which used to project the image of a progressive and modern political regime but it wasn't the case.

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The orders came back to push ahead with the project - or "presentation" as Ahmed Ali described it.

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Chief executive of the Muslim education charity JIMAS, Manwar Ali, said a lot of money had already been donated for the conversion project.

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Ali Moussa- Iye, Chief of the Intercultural Dialogue Section of UNESCO and in charge of the Slave Route Project, which inspired the seminar, said the results should be celebrated.

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