One religious community which, until the last decade, lived almost entirely in this country wasmentioned in the Quran along with Jews and Christians as one of the "People of the Book."
One religious community which, until the last decade, lived almost entirely in this country wasmentioned in the Quran along with Jews and Christians as one of the "People of the Book." Those"Sabians," who lived here, revere John the Baptist but reject Jesus, and are now known as this country'sminority "Mandeans." Another small religion which exists mostly in this country worships Melek Taus, thepeacock god, and is the Yazidis. In 2006, this country, home to the more western large population ofChaldean Christians, was plagued by death squads in the "Sunni Triangle." For 10 points, name thiscountry where the Shia majority was long suppressed under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
One religious community which, until the last decade, lived almost entirely in this country wasmentioned in the Quran along with Jews and Christians as one of the "People of the Book."
Republic of Iraq [or Jumhuriyat al-Iraq]