"Iraq's Mandaeans 'face extinction'
By Angus Crawford
BBC News, Damascus
Selwan
Islamic militants forced Selwan to jump into a bonfire
The Sabian Mandaeans - one of the oldest religious groups in the world - are facing extinction, according to its leaders.
They claim that Islamic extremists in Iraq are trying to wipe them out through forced conversions, rape and murder.
The Mandaeans are pacifists, followers of Adam, Noah and John the Baptist.
They have lived in what is now Iraq since before Islam and Christianity..."
2007-03-05 08:07:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6412453.stm
2007-03-05 08:08:16 · update #1
AND ONCE AGAIN NO ONE READS THE POST BEFORE RESPONDING.
2007-03-05 08:13:38 · update #2
It's POWER not just oil!
2007-03-05 08:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And your question is? Of course it is about the oil.
2007-03-05 08:23:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have known it all along.
2007-03-05 08:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by melissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learn that everytime my husband get deployed
WELL ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU WERE SO BRIGHT YOU WOULD NO THE ANSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-05 08:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by sonya h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so what are you doing about it?
2007-03-05 08:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by slabsidebass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋