Link: Iraqi Christians Keep Low Profile.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Ameera Dawoud is a Christian, but as soon as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began, she traded her pants, fitted skirts and uncovered hair for oversize clothes and a veil.
"They say you have to cover your hair or we will kill you," Dawoud said by telephone from the northern city of Mosul. "If you don't wear a veil, people look at you as if you were naked."
Some Christians in Mosul feel say they are being subjected to threats that have escalated during Ramadan (search) and that may be designed to drive them out of the country, create religious tensions, or at least make life difficult.
Truly dangerous times in Iraq. Let's hope that this is short-lived and they can really get to a secular democracy with religious freedom quickly.
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