indigenous status is defined by ancestral connection to the land, a historical continuity, a shared language, culture and ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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

Probably the worst outcome of the Iraq war would be the installation of a radical Shiite Muslim government headed by an ayatollah. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the chairman of the Senate Foreign ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- In a rally reminiscent of those opposing the war in Vietnam, Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George, United Methodist Church Bishop C. Joseph Sprague and other religious leaders took ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In the aftermath of war, Iraq is expected to face a massive humanitarian crisis, with hunger, homelessness and disease threatening the nation's 24 million people. U.S.-based ...

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 ...