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According to the CIA World Factbook, Iraq is approximately 95% to 98% Muslim, with approximately 55% Shia Muslims and 40% Sunni Muslims. [5] According to a 2011 survey by Pew Research, 51% of the Muslims identify as Shia and 42% as Sunni. [6] Iraq is home to many religious sites important for both Shia and Sunni Muslims.
In 2022, Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures, reported that sanctions on Iran affected most aspects of life in the country, and called for them to be lifted. See the Freedom in the World 2024 score and learn about democracy and freedom in Iran.
The United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights and international proclamations on in- digenous rights and religious freedom recognize and advance the principle that all religious and ethnic groups are entitled to equal rights and protections. 1However, there continue to be egregious cases of abuse and discrimination all over the world.
Genocide of 1948 (Genocide Convention) provides that genocide is a crime that is perpetrated on “a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.” 1 The exhaustive list of protected groups is the product of considerable deliberation and forethought by the drafters and has sustained itself through
The aim of this article is to analyse the jurisprudence of the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals with regard to the understanding of the notion of the groups protected against genocide. According to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, only national, ethnic, racial, and religious groups are protected. Among the conclusions is the one according to ...
Aug 15, 2019 · The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt’s oldest and largest Islamist organization, with offshoots throughout the Arab world. The Brotherhood renounced violence in the 1970s and earned popular support ...
Religious Toleration in the Middle Colonies: A Trade-Off This bird’s-eye view of Middle Colony society illustrates its patchwork religious geography, a pattern that often sparked anxiety and xenophobia in early modern times (A.D. 1400–1800).
