Iraqi Freedom?

Here is an article from Human Rights Watch regarding the freedom of Iraqi women since our invasion http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/wrd/iraq-women.htm. In many respects it appears that Iraq has taken several steps back with regards to the freedom of many of its citizens.
Pre-war Iraq was a secular state, meaning the government obeyed civil laws rather than religious laws. No doubt pre-war Iraq was no place I'd want to live, but neither is it right now. In pre-war Iraq laws were enacted that insured women were treated equally under the rule of law with respect to education, voting rights, property rights, healthcare, and political rights. Now women are in a much different position in Iraq. Many regions in Iraq are now under rule of Islamic law and consequently the rights of women have been severely restricted in these regions. In feminist lingo women in pre-war Iraq had a greater role in the public sphere. This role n the public sphere has since shrunk and has been replaced with a greater role in the private sphere. The shift in law from secular to Islamic can also be seen in terms of Isaiah Berlin's work. There has been a shift from a somewhat pluralistic pre-war Iraq to a monistic post-war Iraq under Islamic law. Some things don't apear to be as peachy as some are making them out to be.