Raad Mutar Saleh
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Sheikh Raad Mutar Saleh (died October 11, 2006) led the tiny Mandaean community in Iraq until being shot dead by unknown assassins in Suweira, 65 km southeast of Baghdad in the Tigris river valley.[1]
The Mandaean community has complained of targeted assassinations, rapes and enforced conversion of its followers to Islam since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bombings as religious minority leader killed", news.com.au, 2006-10-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
- ^ Persecution of non-Muslims increases in Iraq during the month of Ramadan. Christians of Iraq (2006-10-18). Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
