Iraq's Christians ponder future in wake of Kurdish independence vote - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Omar Sattar

Oct 24, 2017

An Iraqi priest holds the first Mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since its recapture from the Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 2, 2016. — REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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Iraqi Christian politicians denounce church's intervention in politics

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TOPSHOT - Iraqi Christians attend a mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on July 24, 2017 in the predominantly Christian Iraqi town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), some 30 kilometres from Mosul.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was split between "sadness" and "hope", attended a mass for the "renaissance" in Qaraqosh, which housed one of the largest Christian communities in Iraq before its capture by the Islamic State group . / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED / The erroneous date appearing in the

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A woman prays inside a damaged church in Maaloula August 21, 2014. Residents of Maaloula, a Christian town in Syria, call on other Christian groups and minorities to stand up to the radicalism that is sweeping across Syria and Iraq. The town was regained by Syrian Army forces in April from Islamic militants, and several months later life is slowly returning to the town. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY RELIGION) - RTR43A30

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An Iraqi Christian fighter, a member of Babylon Christian Battalion, stands guard near the site of car bomb attack in Baghdad, May 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
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Iraqi Christians take up arms to regain lost land

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