The Mandaeans are ancient people who lived in Mesopotamia
(modern Iraq) for thousands
of years. They participated in building
of the great civilization of that area and
took their fair share in its miseries. The last
of which was the brutal dictatorship, which
spared nobody in its evil. The demise of
that regime has widely opened the doors
for a possibility of a democratic society where civil liberties and
basic human
rights are respected unfortunately it also opened the doors for chaos.
The Mandaeans are part of the indigenous people of Iraq. They are a religious and ethnic minority that is facing annihilation. All articles of the UN declaration that apply to the protection of the indigenous, ethnic and religious minorities are compatible with their situation and should be applied. The Sabian Mandaeans in Iraq are looking for protection . MORE
NEW BOOK Lady E. S. Drower's Scholarly Correspondence: An Intrepid English Autodidact in Iraq (Brill, 2012)
Associate Professor of Religion Jorunn J. Buckley, editor
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Jorunn Buckley
Buckley has edited a collection of the scholarly letters of Lady E. S. Drower, renowned for her novels, travel accounts, and studies in the Middle East, particularly on the Mandaeans.
This book focuses on the interaction between the old and the new, between continuity and change, as it is manifested in the nature of social development, nation-building, the state and the political opposition in Iraq.
Mandaean Human Rights Annual Report September 2011
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