Iraq News News Iraq » Religion: Addressing the Precarious Religious Freedom in Iraq
Jeremy Barker, Associate Vice President for International Strategy at the Religious Freedom Institute moderated a panel concerning religious freedom in Iraq at the International Religious Freedom ...
News Iraq » Religion: 1 Day with Iraq’s Disappearing Religion | The Yazidis
Discovering an ancient religion in the mountains of Iraq, specifically in Northern Iraq, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, offers a unique perspective on a region often misunderstood. The Yazidis, known ...
News Iraq » Religion: Iraqi Christian woman wins legal battle over state-imposed Muslim religious identity
An Iraqi court has ruled in favor of a young Christian woman to protect her identity, allowing her to have her religious status corrected in the government’s official database after she had been ...
News Iraq » Religion: Grassroots Efforts Bring Together Diverse Sects in Iraq
Interfaith group uses projects and dialogues to push for greater religious freedom. This is the third article in a three-part series about the problem of sectarianism in the Middle East and ways the ...
News Iraq » Religion: President Bush, Iraq and Religious Rhetoric
President Bush had rejected the argument that war in Iraq is against God-s will. As have almost all American presidents to support their policies, Bush invokes religion in his speeches about a ...
News Iraq » Religion: Religious tolerance in Iraq waning
LONDON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Iraq is turning into a hostile region for religious minorities as the country moves closer to becoming a Muslim nation, Christian leaders said. Attacks in northern Iraq ...
News Iraq » Religion: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction
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 » Religion: Religious complicationsMixture of faiths will challenge postwar Iraq
President Bush told a gathering of Iraqi-Americans last week that everyone in the new Iraq will enjoy freedom, "whether you're Sunni or Shia or Kurd or Chaldean or Assyrian or Turkoman or Christian or ...
News Iraq » Religion: Iraq religious tourism squeezed by Iran sanctions
With hotels facing mass cancellations, Iraqis in the holy city of Najaf are being hit hard by US sanctions on neighbouring Iran, which have forced cash-strapped pilgrims to stay home. At the city’s ...
News Iraq » Religion: The Religious Disenfranchisement of Assyrians in Iraq
(AINA) -- The use of the "Christian" label for indigenous peoples in Iraq, particularly in northern Iraq, is not neutral. It carries political, legal, and historical consequences that undermine ...
News Iraq » Religion: Tight security in Iraq as Shiite pilgrims gather in Karbala for Ashoura commemoration
BAGHDAD (AP) — The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the ...
News Iraq » Religion: Travel from Pakistan to Iraq By Ferry to Grow Religious Tourism
Pakistan and Iraq are ready to connect people, faith and trade with a new ferry service connecting Gwadar Port in Pakistan with Umm Qasr Port in Iraq. This Pakistan and Iraq initiative comes following ...