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An Iraqi Kurd woman casts her vote into a ballot box during regional parliamentary elections at a polling station in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. (Reuters)

Kurdistan’s “Islamic” parties seek to downplay Islam

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Jan 31, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan’s two main Islamist parties—the Kurdistan Islamic Group and Kurdistan Islamic Union—are witnessing separate internal attempts to drop the term “Islamic” from their names in order to broaden their public appeal. Nazim Abdulla, a senior...

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An Iraqi Kurdish man leaves a voting booth before casting his ballot during the Kurdistan’s legislative election at a polling station on September 21, 2013 in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil. (AFP/ PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Kurdistan Islamic Group accuses PUK of delaying new government

by Sherzad Shekhani | Dec 30, 2013 | Middle East

Ebil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ali Bapir, the leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, has accused the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of delaying the formation of a government in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, three months after the end of the elections. In an interview with...

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Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on November 6, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED)

Kurdistan Islamic Group in talks to join KDP-led government

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Nov 22, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Islamic Group is in talks with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to form a government in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region following September’s parliamentary elections, the group’s leader, Ali Bapir, told Asharq Al-Awsat...