Discovering an ancient religion in the mountains of Iraq, specifically in Northern Iraq, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, ...

Archaeologists working in northern Iraq have uncovered a 1,500‑year‑old religious complex that is forcing scholars to rethink ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is split along party lines over whether to designate Iraq as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - In a postwar Iraq tormented by growing violence and uncertainty, the men with the power are the ones in robes and turbans - Muslim clerics counseling spiritual renewal and active ...

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Sponsored by Empower Women Media, the film competition elevates women’s voices as they explore the importance of inclusion and multi-faith societies. The grand prize winner receives a $3,000 cash ...

Since the fall of Hussein in April 2003, Iraqi communities have resisted the impulse to settle scores, some of which are based on grievances dating back decades, even centuries. But in the words that ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An envelope holding a single bullet was waiting on their doorstep. There was no need for a note. Everyone in town knows what it means: Leave or the next time it could be a bomb or a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Religious freedom is another casualty of the war in Iraq, where people of all faiths are harassed, kidnapped or even killed because of their beliefs, a U.S. government report ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -When Iraqis last voted in 2005, some in Washington feared the mainly Muslim nation would veer in the direction of Iran, an Islamic theocracy, instead of becoming the moderate ...