Iraq is a country of ancient civilizations, remarkable cultural heritage, and resilient people. However, its laws and customs ...

Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

Interfaith work and peacebuilding “In Iraq, the lines between the different communities are much more pronounced than in Syria,” Fr. Petzold explains. “In Syria, I would often see students of ...

The 4th Najaf International Book Fair 2024 hosts 200 publishers from 20 countries, showcasing over 600,000 titles. A key ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance called attention to deteriorating religious freedom and free-speech rights in Western liberal ...

Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament.

In this BBC Persian film for the BBC World Service, former child soldiers share their untold stories and deeply personal ...

A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people ...

The United States is a beacon for religious freedom. That’s a regrettably rare thing around the world. Pew Research’s 2022 Report on Government Restrictions on Religion showed that restrictions in 198 ...

A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday ...

gave $20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame Workshop to produce a show called "Ahlan Simsim Iraq" in an effort to "promote inclusion, mutual respect, and understanding across ethnic, religious ...