About 15,000 young Iraqis, almost all of them Kurds, have in recent years left Islam to embrace Zoroastrianism. In March 2024, the news site Shafaq ran a startling headline: “Kurdistan celebrates birth of Zoroaster,” Shafaq News, March 26, 2024: Shafaq News/ Kurds in the city of Al-Sulaymaniyah celebrated the birth of Zoroaster (Zarathustra,) the founder […]