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Colorado Springs Gazette
February 23, 2018
photo - The Museum of the Bible's main entrance, featuring the Gutenberg Gates, in The Museum of the Bible's main entrance, featuring the Gutenberg Gates, in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1, 2017. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks. View Comments. (RNS) — In an empty case on the fourth floor of the MuseumÃÂ ...
Middle East Media Research Institute
February 23, 2018
Toronto Lecture By British-Iraqi Shiite Scholar Sayed Ammar Nakshawani: Criticism Of Islam Is Legitimate, Does Not Constitute Islamophobia ... If someone is objecting to my religion, by saying there are certain things in my religion that do not accord with the values of Canada, is that Islamophobia? No.
News Nation
February 23, 2018
He appealed to the people to give the BJP a chance to ''serve the state'' and assured them that the party had the single agenda of development and his party does not believe in 'politics of religion.' The 60-member Meghalaya Assembly is scheduled to go to the polls on February 27. In a bid to reach out toÃÂ ...
Brookings Institution
February 23, 2018
The majority of these groups are aligned with the Iraqi state and take their orders from the Iraqi government. .... Al-Abadi has even contemplated an alliance with Iran's proxies, a move that has been criticized by Sistani and the Najaf religious establishment, al-Sadr, and Arab Sunni and Kurdish factions.
Rudaw
February 21, 2018
MOSUL, Iraq — In a classroom of the University of Mosul, in the Islamic State group's former Iraqi capital, around 50 volunteers have undergone a week's ... Most members of religious and ethnic minorities who had lived in peace for centuries alongside Mosul's majority Sunni Muslims fled to escape theÃÂ ...
Newsweek
February 21, 2018
ISIS had blown up parts of the shrine containing Jonah's reputed tomb in 2014 before Iraqi troops came in and liberated the site, according to The Times of Israel. Jonah, known as Yunus in the Koran, is a religious figure in Abrahamic religions most famous for the story of being swallowed by a “giant fish,” orÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 21, 2018
21 (Xinhua) -- The United States is prolonging its presence in Iraq as part of its strategy to strengthen its role in the Middle East as tension is running high amid ... The presence of U.S. troops would also be embarrassing for the Iraqi Shiite religious leadership, which in turn is ideologically close to the IranianÃÂ ...
Middle East Eye
February 21, 2018
The Sadrists, followers of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr, have formed a joint list with the Iraqi Communist Party, ostensibly an anomalous occurrence of Islamists uniting with an established secular party. However, an examination of Iraq's history indicates that an alliance between secularists andÃÂ ...
The Pilot
February 20, 2018
Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2018 CNA/EWTN News.- “Without an end to this persecution and violence, there is no future for religious pluralism in Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East for that matter,” said Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in a speech at Georgetown University on Feb. 15.
Catholic Herald Online
February 20, 2018
If Christians in the Middle East are going to be “honest” with their Muslim dialogue partners, said Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, ... University in Washington, sponsored by the Religious Freedom Research Project of the university's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.
Al-Arabiya
February 20, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called on the international community, especially the Arab world, to help Iraq rebuild what was destroyed by ... by Iran, stand firmly against anyone trying to liberate Iraq from its occupation, because the religious parties do not believe in the sovereignty of countries.
Catholic News Agency
February 19, 2018
Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2018 / 04:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Without an end to this persecution and violence, there is no future for religious pluralism in Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East for that matter,” said Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in a speech at Georgetown University on Feb. 15. The ChaldeanÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
February 19, 2018
A member of the Popular Mobilization Units carries a portrait of Iraqi Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani in a street in the southern city of Basra, Iraq, Dec. ... troubles such as a fake Facebook account that was condemned by his office, and news articles and programs have taken aim at Iraq's religious authorities.
The New Yorker
February 19, 2018
ISIS intended to wipe out the Yazidi religion in Iraq. Yazidis in America had a plan, so they started driving ... Because they were a targeted religious minority, there was little opportunity outside the Army, and they were unlikely to join the Iraqi insurgency. In the military, they befriended another Yazidi, namedÃÂ ...
Jakarta Post
February 16, 2018
A native of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, Ithawi was the group's "minister" in charge of religious edicts and headed a IS committee that decided on senior appointments, according to the official. He had fled the group's now-shattered "caliphate" in Syria and was living under his brother's name in northern Turkey.
Hurriyet Daily News
February 16, 2018
A native of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, Ithawi was the group's “minister” in charge of religious edicts and headed an ISIL committee that decided on senior appointments, according to the official. He had fled the group's now-shattered “caliphate” in Syria and was living under his brother's name in northernÃÂ ...
Arab News
February 16, 2018
Iraq, as a country, is rich; it ranks fifth in the world in terms of proven reserves of oil, and sits on a treasure of gas, as well as its two rivers: The Euphrates and Tigris. ... The regime of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has supported Iraqi religious groups at the expense of the civilian state and sent Maj. Gen.
Newsweek
February 16, 2018
Iraqi Shi'a fiercely defend the pre-eminence of the Marja'iye (religious leadership) of Najaf, whereas Iran looks primarily to its own Hawza at Qom. It is an oft-cited but still noteworthy fact that the vast majority of Iraqi Shi'a fought staunchly against the Iranians during the brutal Iran-Iraq war. They did soÃÂ ...
USNI News
February 16, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi is seeking reelection in May, but rivals from other factions and movements are running as competitors. While Iraq's major ethnic and religious constituencies are each politically diverse, many Iraqis advance similar demands for improved security, governmentÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 15, 2018
Khamenei's regime has worked on supporting Iraqi religious groups at the expense of the civil state and it sent its general Qassem Soleimani to dictate the Iraqi command how to manage its military institutions and lead its wars. It also used Iraq to fund its operations and exploited it as a passage to Syria andÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
February 4, 2018
The suffering of Mandaeans began in 2014 when IS took over Samarra in southern Iraq, an area where adherents of this religion are concentrated. ... Taghreed al-Daghami, a lawyer who prepared the study “Freedom of Belief and Rights of Unrecognized Religious Minorities in Jordan” in 2012, said,ÃÂ ...
Church Times
February 1, 2018
He urges looking beyond ethnicity, creed, culture, and religion; connecting on the level of shared humanity. Such experiences as he endured are transformative, “as though the pen with which you write the story of your life suddenly runs dry, and no word that comes after will ever be of that exact colour”.
Pursuit
January 31, 2018
Nearly a decade later, during Dr Dragovic's return to Iraq he journeys to Najaf to meet with the Ayatollah again. ... Just like last time, working through a translator in addition to the formality of meeting an Iraqi religious leader meant that we both ended up communicating in monologues, delivering speechesÃÂ ...
Wichita Eagle
January 31, 2018
James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, echoed that when he tweeted that “America must stand w/ Yezidis, Coptic Christians, Muslims, & other religious minorities who are persecuted in nations like in Iraq, Syria, China, & Burma. Sam Brownback will do a fantastic job leading our efforts as Ambassador of Int'lÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 30, 2018
Tuesday's State of the Union address falls on the first anniversary of then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates' historic refusal to defend President Donald Trump's initial executive order barring admission to the U.S. for people from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. “I thought, based on allÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
January 23, 2018
“The EU will continue to support the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq as well as its religious and ethnic diversity,” the strategy said. The bloc called on the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi government to engage in constructive dialogue in order to achieve stability. The EuropeanÃÂ ...
Clarion Project
January 23, 2018
Iraqi children in the Nineveh Province wave to troops liberating them from ISIS. (Photo: Akram Saleh /Getty Images). The U.S. has earmarked $55 million to help Christians and other religious and ethnic minority communities rebuild their lives in the Nineveh Province in Iraq. Minorities in the region wereÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
January 21, 2018
Islamist parties in Iraq are shedding their religious platforms to focus on reform in the campaign for upcoming elections and are also allying with ... the Islamic Virtue Party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Iraqi Organization of Islamic Action and the Kurdistan Islamic Group.
Long Island Business News
January 17, 2018
... presence on Long Island, voluntarily turned over to the U.S. government 245 smuggled Iraq religious artifacts, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. In July of 2017, the Oklahoma City-based craft store agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi religious artifacts smuggledÃÂ ...
Blasting News
January 15, 2018
... lead in assisting and fulfilling President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence's promise to provide immediate financial aid of $55 million through the #USAID to oppressed Iraqi Christians and other #religious minorities. They are grappling to rebuild, following the emancipation of #Iraq's Nineveh Plains,ÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
January 15, 2018
The leader of the Sadrist movement political party, Muqtada al-Sadr, criticized the new electoral alliance of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi with the Iranian backed Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) militias. Sadr, one of the most influential religious and popular figures in Iraq, issued a statement issuedÃÂ ...
Tulsa World
January 15, 2018
Broken Arrow native Jay Henderson, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot with 450 combat flight hours in Iraq, was commissioned a chaplain and promoted to ... After Henderson's first tour of duty in Iraq, he married Jamye, his high school sweetheart, and enrolled in flight school to be a helicopter pilot with theÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
January 14, 2018
Iraqi Yazidis celebrate restoration of temple destroyed by Daesh ... Iraq's Kurdish-speaking Yazidis adhere to a faith that emerged in Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago. ... Religious leader Ali Rashwakari, 72, urged the international community to help "rebuild the temples and Yazidi regions" of Iraq.
Rudaw
January 14, 2018
Iraq's Rapid Response Force, under the Ministry of the Interior, were deployed to the troubled city of Tuz Khurmatu on Saturday under the order of ... Tuz Khurmatu, home to Kurds, Turkmen, and Arabs, came under Iraqi and Hashd control in October when the Peshmerga pulled out of the disputed areas.
Kurdistan24
January 14, 2018
Abadi revealed his “Nasr al-Iraq” alliance would present itself at the spring elections, Arabic for “Victory for Iraq.” The alliance was formed after four years of fighting against Islamic State (IS), and it positions itself as a cross-sectarian block, with candidates from various ethnic and religious backgrounds from across Iraq.
Sight Magazine
January 14, 2018
Ethnic and religious minorities in northern Iraq are set to receive assistance worth $US55 million from the UN's international development agency UNDP, funded by the US government. USAID, the ... World Watch Monitor has reported about the hurdles Iraqi Christians face when they return home. A reportÃÂ ...
Christian Post
January 13, 2018
The administration has also announced that it's accepting proposals by private organizations on the ground in Iraq to receive direct assistance from the ... In his announcement of direct U.S. assistance for Iraqi religious minorities last year, Pence slammed the U.N. for the fact that Christians in the NinevehÃÂ ...
Religion News Service
December 20, 2017
BAGHDAD (AP) — As Iraq emerges from more than three years of war with the Islamic State group, battling an extremist “mentality” will be the key to peaceful coexistence among the country's religious and ethnic groups, the top Chaldean Catholic Church official tells The Associated Press. Patriarch LouisÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
The Trump administration has decided to steer humanitarian aid funding to Christian and other minority communities in Iraq, against the advice of some officials at the State Department and others at the United Nations, who initially feared the move could backfire. The administration, prompted in part by ViceÃÂ ...
Church Times
December 31, 1999
Baroness Goldie, a government whip, told peers that it was vital that rebuilding efforts in Iraq take into account all citizens and minorities, and that the Government welcomes the Iraqi government's position to protect all; but it was “concerned by reports of continuing religious persecution”. She said: “TheÃÂ ...
National Catholic Register (blog)
December 31, 1999
Intolerance for differences in language, religion and ethnicity was increasing. As a sign of his consolidation of power, Saddam' had thousands of portraits, posters, statues and murals of him put up all over Iraq. “There were a couple of incidents my mom incurred with people throwing stones at her for notÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Updated | In a new chapter of the ongoing saga of Hobby Lobby's smuggling of Iraqi religious artifacts, the arts and crafts emporium surrendered 245 objects to the United States government, according to court documents. Hobby Lobby Stores voluntarily turned over the artifacts to federal prosecutors inÃÂ ...
Long Island Business News
December 31, 1999
... presence on Long Island, voluntarily turned over to the U.S. government 245 smuggled Iraq religious artifacts, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. In July of 2017, the Oklahoma City-based craft store agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi religious artifacts smuggledÃÂ ...
News Deeply
December 31, 1999
In both Syria and Iraq, enormous challenges are facing members of religious minorities who were uprooted from their homes and targeted for genocide and social discrimination on account of their religion. These vulnerable communities are part of what makes the Middle East a unique place and theirÃÂ ...
Catholic News Agency
October 3, 2017
Iraqi nun: We pray for ISIS militants. ... for food and housing projects for the displaced Christians in northern Iraq. ... Looking forward, Silvia says, she hopes to continue the religious mission to which she has dedicated her life.
WENY-TV
October 3, 2017
Chaldean Christians are another minority religious group in Iraq. .... March 20, 2003 - President Hussein speaks on Iraqi TV. He calls the US-ÃÂ ...
Free Malaysia Today
October 3, 2017
The group's adviser says Iran and Iraq won't stand for hostile acts against ... The other two stakeholders are Shell and the Iraqi government.
Free Malaysia Today
October 3, 2017
Selangor religious authorities and police issue contradictory ... been raised over the status of more than 200 Iraqi nationals who were arrestedÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 3, 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has “demanded that Kurdish leaders ... the most prestigious Shia religious authority in Iraq, has offered toÃÂ ...
BBC News
October 3, 2017
The Kurdish leader and former Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, has died at the ... that ousted Saddam Hussein, he became Iraq's first non-Arab president. ... disputes among the country's many political and religious factions.
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