{"id":66,"date":"2017-03-02T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janfigel.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:12:58","slug":"eu-special-envoy-for-religious-freedom-jan-figel-europe-needs-to-stand-up-to-help-minorities-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/2017\/03\/02\/eu-special-envoy-for-religious-freedom-jan-figel-europe-needs-to-stand-up-to-help-minorities-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom Jan Figel: \u201cEurope needs to stand up to help minorities in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-2.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-2-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-6n7vz\"><em>\u201cIraq is in an incredibly difficult situation. Minorities especially, were since 2014 abandoned by the central government of Baghdad and also felt abandoned by the Kurdish authorities. They became the victims of a <\/em><strong><em>genocide<\/em><\/strong><em> by ISIS,\u201d <\/em>EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief <strong>Jan Figel<\/strong> told <strong>The European Post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-3-300x271.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-wn95c\">Jan Figel is the first EU authority to have visited Iraq after a long time. The mission of the Special Envoy involved various elements: discussions with national political authorities in<strong> Baghdad<\/strong>; meetings with provincial political and religious authorities in <strong>Najaf <\/strong>and<strong> Erbil, Kurdistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-g9t4b\">Among others, he met with Vice-President of Iraq Al Alawi, the Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Salim al-Jabouri in Baghdad, with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim in as well as Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi underlying messages of peace, harmonious cohabitation, reconstruction and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-4-300x192.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-n33bb\">While in Erbil, Figel met the Prime Minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), \u200b\u200bNerchevan <strong>Barzani<\/strong>, and top religious authorities such as Chaldean Patriarch Louis Rapha\u00ebl Sako, the Archbishops Mirkis of Kirkuk and Warda of Erbil Warda, the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul Nicodemus Sharaf, and other Christian activists \u2013 who asked for the <strong>EU\u2019s support in providing security via a military presence, and the presence of international observers<\/strong>. Representatives of Yazidis, Kakais, Turkmens, Shabaks, Jews, Bahais and others expressed their desire for more justice and equality in future Iraq. <em>\u201cWe want Iraq as a civil state, not a religious one\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-caej7\"><strong>The EU should exercise more diplomatic pressures on the Iraqi central government regarding security and support activities<\/strong> such as the elimination of landmines in areas retaken from ISIL\/Daesh, the Special Envoy said he felt there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-5.jpeg 419w, https:\/\/janfigel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image-5-300x226.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-6g8b9\">\u201cIraq needs to protect and promote positions of depleted minorities . Minorities in Iraq deserve more attention and more support from international community\u201d Figel added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-sljvj\">\u201cAfter the liberation of Mosul from ISIS we should speak more about a safe return to their homes and the protection of all citizens, including minorities. What they need most from Baghdad, from regional and local administrations is security. Since the new Iraqi government is in place, no single minister visited Northern Iraq. <strong>It\u2019s not only about a safe return but also about recognition of rights, property ownership and giving minorities more self administration<\/strong> instead of bureaucracy, negligence and indifference,\u201d Figel stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-0wy7y\">During his visit, the Special Envoy referred to the <strong>differences between the US and EU approaches<\/strong>. Political and religious leaders in Iraq welcomed the EU\u2019s actions in the country and in the Middle East region. All of them were aware of the major differences between US policy and the EU\u2019s soft power approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-d05f3\">For these reasons, Jan Figel noted that <strong>\u201cEurope is a credible partner. In Iraq there is a lot of anti-Americanism but there is not anti-Europeanism!<\/strong> Europe should step up its intense, credible and constructive cooperation. I think it\u2019s Europe\u2019s responsibility to help religious and ethnics minorities in Iraq!\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-dhbly\"><strong>Interview with Jan Figel: \u201cEurope needs to stand up to help minorities in Iraq!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Jan Figel: \u201cEurope needs to stand up to help minorities in Iraq!\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z308CJP-e54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See the article at: <a href=\"http:\/\/europeanpost.co\/eu-special-envoy-for-religious-freedom-jan-figel-europe-needs-to-stand-up-to-help-minorities-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/europeanpost.co\/eu-special-envoy-for-religious-freedom-jan-figel-europe-needs-to-stand-up-to-help-minorities-in-iraq\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIraq is in an incredibly difficult situation. Minorities especially, were since 2014 abandoned by the central government of Baghdad and also felt abandoned by the Kurdish authorities. They became the victims of a genocide by ISIS,\u201d EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief Jan Figel told The European Post. 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