Vatican City (Fides Service) - In view of the tragic situation in Iraq and the growing weight which some Muslim leaders have assumed on the Iraqi scene, Fides has updated a Dossier "Iraq and Religions", produced in March 2003 which offered a panorama of the history and situation of religion in Iraq at that time. The revised Dossier, “Religions in the New Iraq” examines the present state of relations and the religious picture in the new Iraq a year after the fall of Saddam Hussein with attention for the social and religious picture in post-war Iraq; insurgence of new radical groups; the prospects, role and weight of religious communities in building the new Iraq. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 24/4/2004)


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“The extremists will not ruin good relations among religion in Iraq”, Father Nizar Semaan told Fides


In Iraq Islamic troops under the aegis of the United Nations to stabilise the country: Islamic Conference Organisation’s proposal meets consensus


Good relations among religious communities, humanitarian aid from churches and mosques without discrimination: action of Interreligious Council in for peace


“Iraqis of all the different religious communities are a united people. It is a mistake to strike mosques” says Prof. Justo Lacunza, Rector of the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome

A year after the fall of Saddam: different religious communities amidst traditional leaders and new radical groups


- Shiiti Muslims
- Sunni Muslims
- Kurds
- Assyrians
- Catholics