Document #1029594

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)

People flee Baghdad district as gunmen impose Shariah law

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=73968

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ecoi.net description:
Baghdad: Residents of Dora District have been fleeing after gunmen imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic Shariah law there; the gunmen are particularly stringent when it comes to Christian families, who are forced to convert to Islam or pay huge taxes
Country:
Iraq
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)
Original link:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=73968
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
27 August 2007
Document ID:
1029594 (former ID 80567)

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