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News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: Baghdad Friday Prayer Leader: Iraq Needs a Government That Saves People, Safeguards Country's Sovereignty

News channel or source: https://en.abna24.com/news/1862298/Baghdad-Friday-Prayer-Leader-Iraq-Needs-a-Government-That-Saves

Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

The Baghdad Friday Prayer Leader, criticizing economic policies and the political performance of some officials, emphasized the necessity of forming a popular, just government independent of foreign ...

News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2025/09/03/iraq-reopens-historic-mosque-in-mosul-8-years-after-islamic-state-destruction/

Published on: Wednesday 03 September 2025

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: In Iraq: One Religion, Two Realities

News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/12/20/in-iraq-one-religion-two-realities/e160d6b5-a1b5-4809-8b86-bc4bfc937304/

Published on: Sunday 19 December 2004

Each week in Baghdad, sermons to the faithful offer a tale of two Fridays. Both sermons -- one Sunni, the other Shiite -- dwell on the issues that color Baghdad's weary life: the insurgency, elections ...

News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: The decision to move IS prisoners from Syria to Iraq came at the request of Baghdad, officials say

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/01/26/the-decision-to-move-is-prisoners-from-syria-to-iraq-came-at-the-request-of-baghdad-officials-say/

Published on: Monday 26 January 2026

BAGHDAD (AP) — The decision to move prisoners of the Islamic State group from northeast Syria to detention centers in Iraq came after a request by officials in Baghdad that was welcomed by the ...

News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: Iraqi Cleric: Iraq's Crisis, Result of Mismanagement, Dependence of Political Decisions on Limited Interests

News channel or source: https://en.abna24.com/news/1856109/Iraqi-Cleric-Iraq-s-Crisis-Result-of-Mismanagement-Dependence

Published on: Sunday 23 August 2026

The Friday Prayer Leader of Baghdad and a prominent professor at the Najaf Seminary, criticized the performance of Iraq's political currents and said, "Iraq faces a multi-layered crisis rooted in the ...

News Iraq » Baghdad » Religion: Iraq Inundated With Religious Tourists

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/Iraq_Inundated_With_Religious_Tourists/1605720.html

Published on: Thursday 09 April 2009

BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi official says having so many tourists and so few hotels is a national embarrassment, as visitors are being sent to sports clubs for accommodation, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) ...