Iraq sect finds a home in the US
Correspondent Tina Antolini reports on some Iraqis who’ve made their new home in Worcester, Massachusetts. They’re members of the Mandaean religion – a sect that predates Islam. Since 2003 religious persecution in Iraq has caused most of the Mandaean population there to flee – scattering around the globe.
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