 The father was released after two hours of questioning from the Iraqi police force and was neither charged nor tried with the murder of his own daughter, although he had confessed to killing her.Islam is the official religion of Iraq with about 97% of the population practice this religion.On January 29, 2004, the interim Iraqi government, supported by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and despite the strong opposition of the American Administrator Paul Bremer, launched "Resolution 137" which introduced sharia law in the "law on personal civil status", which since 1958 established rights and freedoms for Iraqi women.