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Iraq's crackdown on booze, social media posts raises alarm
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOnly a few months into its term, Iraq’s government is suddenly enforcing a long-dormant law banning...
Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoChristian religious leaders in northern Iraq called for an international investigation Monday into a...
Iraq starts enforcing 2016 ban on alcoholic beverages -document
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIraq has begun enforcing a 2016 ban on alcoholic beverages, an official document showed, a move some...
Putting Kurds in spotlight, Iran's leaders try to deflect national protest
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDUBAI (Reuters) -Facing their biggest challenge in years, Iran's religious leaders are trying to...
This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and there's a chance they could...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLike their ancient ancestors, contemporary Mandaeans revere John the Baptist and consider baptism...
India minister derides Barack Obama for raising religious rights: ‘He bombed six Muslim countries’
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoAn Indian minister has hit back at Barack Obama after the former US president called on Narendra...
Shiite Muslims in Mideast mark the solemn holy day of Ashoura
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMourners participate in a procession commemorating Ashoura in Tehran on Monday. (Vahid Salemi /...
Shiite Muslims in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan mark Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiites in Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they...
Iraq hopes to lure Christian pilgrims with new church in ancient Ur
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe bell of a new church built near Iraq's ancient city of Ur chimed for the first time last week as...
UK acknowledges genocide was committed against Yazidis by Islamic State
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBritain on Tuesday formally acknowledged that acts of genocide were committed against minority...