Although a largely secular society since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1932, the major religion in Iraq is Islam (divided among Sunnis and Shias), followed by an estimated 95% of all ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Clues to what may have been the world’s first organized religion are scattered throughout Neolithic sites in southern Turkey, northern Syria, and Iraq. The most common icons were the dangerous ...

Iraq's Top Court Throws Out Challenge to New Laws, Including One Increasing Islamic Courts Authority BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback ...

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says the brotherly bonds between Pakistan and Iraq are deeply rooted in common religion and shared interests. Talking to Iraq's Ambassador to Pakistan Hamid ...