Religion
Muslims praying Taraweeh at one of the mosques in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani, March 22, 2023. (Photo: Dana Hama-Gharib/Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: KRG)
Plates full of dates are served at an Erbil mosque in Kurdistan Region to those who observe Ramdan. (Photo: Safin Hamid/AFP)
This aerial view shows the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery in Iraq's holy shrine city of Najaf, on February 10, 2023. (Photo: Qasim alkaabi/ AFP)
Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, speaking to Kurdistan 24, Jan. 31, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Klaus Streicher, the German Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, speaking to Kurdistan 24, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A highway sign in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil shows directions to the Christian suburb of Ankawa. (Photo: Archive)
An Iraqi man holds the Koran during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Jan. 23, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: KRG)
Lalish, the Yezidi (Ezidi) religion's holiest site, located in the Kurdistan Region's Duhok province. (Photo: Levi Clancy/Kurdistan 24)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and Pope Benedict XVI. (Photo: designed by Kurdistan 24)
Pope Benedict XVI waves to believers through his car window as he leaves Brindisi after a two-day visit to the impoverished Apulia regio, June 15, 2008. (Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP)
Worshippers attend a Christmas eve service at Mart Shmoni Syriac Orthodox church in the Ankawa, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Worshippers attend a Christmas eve service at Mart Shmoni Syriac Orthodox church in the Ankawa, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: KRG)
Mor Nicodemos Daoud Matti Sharaf, President of Syriac Orthodox Church in Kurdistan Region, Kirkuk, and Mosul delivering remarks at the inauguration of Meltho Interantional School in Erbil, Dec. 10, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
