Iraqi Court Rules in Favor of Christian Woman Seeking to Restore Religious Identity

Iraqi Court Rules in Favor of Christian Woman Seeking to Restore Religious Identity

A court in Iraq has sided with a young Christian woman in a landmark case involving religious identity, granting her request to correct her official religious status after she had been legally classified as Muslim under Iraqi law. The woman, identified publicly only as Maryam, was raised in a Christian family but was automatically registered as Muslim.

Iraqi woman wins challenge to legally change her religious status from Muslim to Christian

The woman had been forced to register as Muslim by law in the Iraqi government database even though she's a Christian.