Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the shrine city of Karbala on the eve of Arbaeen religious festival commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo; Hussein Faleh/AFP)
A cleric holds a Quran outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad for a second day of protests against a Koran burning, June 30, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al Rubaye/AFP)
Shiite Muslims gather in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, to mark 40 days after the holy day of Ashura commemorating the seventh century killing of Imam Hussein (Photo: Mohammed Sawaf/AFP)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday met with Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and worldwide in Erbil, July 25, 2023 (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
KDP President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with received Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and worldwide, July 23, 2023. (Photo: The Barzani Headquarters)
A demonstrator holds a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a rally in Iraq's central shrine city of Kufa east of nearby Najaf after the weekly Friday prayers denouncing the burning of the Quran in Sweden, July 21, 2023. (Qassem al-
