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Painter Mohammed Hetlr has been preoccupied with drawing and painting sacred Shiite figures from Iraq and around the world. He has been making good money selling his work and, in an interview with Al-Monitor, said that he considered his painting to be part of his “religious duty” to express his faith and ideological commitment.
This briefing presents Iraq's ethnic and religious diversity, as Iraqi minorities (Turkmens, Yazidis, Christians and other smaller communities)have long been discriminated against in Iraq.
The alliance of Iraq’s minorities is a step to prevent Iraq from being totally stripped of its minorities.
Masarat for Cultural and Media Development (MCMD), an NGO based in Baghdad, called for the involvement of minorities in any peace negotiations over the future of the disputed areas in a Saturday report.