In a ceremony at an ancient, ruined temple in northern Iraq, Faiza Fuad joined a growing number of Kurds who are leaving Islam to embrace the faith of their ancestors -- Zoroastrianism.
They knotted a cord three times around Fuad's waist to symbolise the faith's core values of good words, good thoughts and good deeds. Zoroastrianism was founded in ancient Iran some 3,500 years ago, gaining followers as far afield as India. In 2014, IS jihadists captured swathes of northern Iraq, carrying out what may have constituted a genocide against another minority, the Yazidis.
For some in the autonomous region, which overwhelmingly voted for independence in a 2017 referendum bid, turning to Zoroastrianism is a way for a stateless people to assert regional identity in defiance of Baghdad.
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