iraq

... A new French law prohibits the wearing of conspicuous religious insignia, such as Islamic headscarves for girls, Jewish skullcaps or Sikh turbans for boys, and ...

In west Baghdad's Omar al-Khattab mosque, a Sunni preacher assails his Shia compatriots for failing to come to the aid of the besieged city of Falluja. “Those of the black turbans” Iraq's Shia clergy “are but traitors and agents of America. It is they who have provoked the Amer-icans to...

Christians and ethnic minorities face the most strategic imminent danger from insurgents, according to analysts meeting in Washington DC this week. Jihadist forces aim is to eliminate from Iraq those they see as the kufr (unbelievers) from Iraq, says Middle East expert Walid Phares. The...