Category Archives: Iraq’s religious minorities: Exodus and Extinction

BBC World Service… The Last Christians in Iraq?

In The Last Christians in Iraq? for the BBC World Service, I travelled to the Ninevah Plain north of Mosul with Dr Maria Rita Corticelli to meet Father Ghazwan, a parish priest who has battled to save his Christian congregation … Continue reading

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BBC World Service… Kaka’i: Our Fight to Survive

Farhad al-Kake tells the story of his people, the Kaka’i of Iraqi Kurdistan, whose faith has put them under threat from Islamic fundamentalists. Persecution has made them secretive about their beliefs and practices, but for the first time they tell … Continue reading

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New series for the BBC World Service… Iraq’s Religious Minorities: Exodus and Extinction

Iraq’s minorities, some of the oldest communities in the world, are being driven from the country by Islamic extremists. In this series I went to Iraqi Kurdistan with Farhad al-Kake and Dr Maria Rita Corticelli (pictured above, in the east … Continue reading

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