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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists from Germany have returned from northern Iraq without museum-ready artifacts but with rare insight into how faiths once shared the same ground. The work was led by Dr. Alexander Tamm of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite Islam's highest authority in Iraq, offered his condolences on Monday for the death of Pope Francis, praising his work promoting "peace and tolerance". Sistani, 94, ...

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako on Tuesday called for rejecting proposed amendments to the law governing the Endowments Office for Christians, Yazidis, and Mandaeans, warning that the ...

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 ...

ERBIL AIR BASE, Iraq – Religious celebrations strengthen the spiritual growth of Soldiers in the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as they support ongoing ...