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Gatestone Institute
April 1, 2018
Now a new report by the Iraqi Human Rights Society also just revealed that Iraqi minorities, such as Christians, Yazidis and Shabaks, are now victims of a "slow ... The remaining number of Sabeans, an ancient community devoted to St. John the Baptist, is even smaller: 94% have disappeared from Iraq.
Sight Magazine
March 14, 2018
The nomination is backed by a number of people in Iraq and around the world, especially in France where the archbishop has developed strong ties of ... French politician Bernard Cazeau said Archbishop Sako “embodies” the dialogue between faiths and is “respected” by Muslims, Yazidis, Sabeans,Ãâà...
UN News
March 13, 2018
In Nassiriyah in the country's south, another Sabean Mandaean was stabbed at his shop but survived after his Muslim neighbours came to his aid. “Iraq draws its strength from its cultural and religious diversity, and its rich history. This treasure should be protected and nurtured by the Government and theÃâà...
Rudaw
March 12, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan – The Iraqi government and all Iraqis must stand up in support of their neighbours, the United Nations' country representative urged in a ... Kubis said it was the unity of all Iraqis that defeated ISIS and in the new Iraq “there is no place for intolerance and discrimination, for targeting andÃâà...
War on the Rocks
March 12, 2018
The complexities of the task cannot be overstated. The obstacles include confronting the very nature of the modern “nation-state” and the place of minorities within it. More concretely, political jousting among Iraq's Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish leaders pushes smaller groups to the margins. And Iraqi minoritiesÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 12, 2018
Also last week, a member of the Sabean Mandaean community was kidnapped from his shop in Baghdad and his body was later found on a street. In Nassiriyah in the south, another Sabean Mandaean was stabbed at his shop but survived after his Muslim neighbours came to his aid. "Iraq draws itsÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 10, 2018
Baghdad has seen similar assaults against members of religious minorities, including Christians and the much smaller community of Sabean Mandeans, but ... Much attention has been given to Iraqi Christians following the emergence of the Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq which devastated ChristianÃâà...
Malaysian Christian News
March 7, 2018
On 31 January 2013 the then archbishop of Kirkuk, Mgr Sako became the new Chaldean patriarch, succeeding Emmanuel Delly III who resigned due to age limitations. Born on 4 July 1948 in Zakho, northern Iraq, he was ordained a priest on 1 June 1974. As a prelate, then as a primate of the Iraqi Church,Ãâà...
San Antonio Express-News
March 4, 2018
A Sabean Mandaean cleric prays for a groom during a mass wedding near the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 6, 2016. ... Until U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003, most Mandaeans lived in the southern borderlands of Iran and Iraq, shunted to the cultural and geographic margins ofÃâà...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
February 7, 2018
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham released the commander of the Free Syrian Army's Al-Liwa al-Sabea, Abdullah Qantar after three years of imprisonment. Qantar was ... Iraqi Security Forces foiled a suicide attack in Al-Tarmiyah, by besieging the attacker and forcing her to detonate during the encounter. Last night, theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
January 24, 2018
Baghdad, 24 January 2018 – United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča completed a three-day visit to Iraq during which he met Iraqi leaders and other interlocutors in Baghdad and toured liberated Mosul where he met officials and inspected critical UN demining,Ãâà...
The New Arab
January 18, 2018
Religious and ethnic minorities in northern Iraq are rebuilding their lives months after the province of Nineveh was recaptured from Islamic State militants. ... than one million before the US-led invasion of 2003, making up three percent of the country's population along with Yazidis, Sabeans and Shabaks.
NRT
January 15, 2018
BARTALLA – A Christmas tree stands on a roundabout in Bartalla in northern Iraq, its base adorned by posters of Shabak martyrs killed in the fight against Islamic ... in Iraq against more than one million before the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, making up three percent of the country's population along with Ezidis, Sabeans andÃâà...
News Deeply
January 10, 2018
Micro-minorities in Iraq, like the Mandean-Sabeans, Kakais and Yarsans, can only survive in an Iraq where a nonsectarian military and police force exist and the rule of law is respected. ... The Iraqi government needs to ensure these communities are protected, both in terms of security and legal rights.
MissionsBox
December 21, 2017
The leaders, representing Iraq's diverse religious and ethnic fabric, included representatives from the Shiaa, Sunni, Shabak, Sabean Mandaean, Yezidi, Kaka'i and Christian communities, for the first time in the recent history bringing together minority and mainline religious groups to share their vision andÃâà...
Rudaw
August 16, 2017
In Iraq, Christians, Yezidis, Sabean Mandeans, Baha'i, and Zorostrians among other groups comprise less than 0.1 percent of the population respectively ... However, Iraqi national identity cards denote the holder's religion and the only religions which may be listed on the national identity card are Christian,Ãâà...
National Catholic Register
July 22, 2017
In Iraq, only four religions are officially recognized: Islam, Christianity, Sabean and Yazidi. Kaka'is are designated as Muslim on their identity cards and legal documents. Consequently, Kaka'is are accustomed to covering up their religious identity and have faced persecution. “Our society is very complicatedÃâà...
ABC Online
July 20, 2017
Monther Amer, a member of the Sabian Mandaean Association in Liverpool, said the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 saw a rise in attacks on Mandaeans. "After 2006, the terrorists needed our money," he recalled. "They killed many of the Mandaeans, they kidnapped them, they took the women. And becauseÃâà...
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