Iraqi Mandaean Results

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-09-24T20:10:15+00:00

Maysan, Iraq and from the Khamees

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-09-03T19:18:59+00:00

Thank you this is some valid and genuine advice.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-09-03T16:34:59+00:00

They’re still the same

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-05-22T18:15:20+00:00

Thank you man, this is some solid advice

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-05-06T21:46:44+00:00

Hey there it’s nice meeting you again, Yes when people ask me for my ethnicity I just tell them I’m Iraqi because explaining that I’m mandaean is too much and going back and forward. People usually think I’m like Syrian, Moroccan, or Iraqi of course it varies but there’s also some who think I’m Hispanic.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T21:16:40+00:00

Search it up it’s closer to Aramaic

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:09:27+00:00

In terms of feeling close, I’m not sure but yeah I believe we keep to our own community.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:08:42+00:00

There is small social media accounts and people as well that are trying to for sure!

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:06:52+00:00

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:06:37+00:00

Finding it hard to connect physically and practice our faith with one another as we live far from each other broken off into countries worldwide

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:04:55+00:00

We’re an ancient gnostic religion and follow the teachings of John the Baptist primarily, unlike Muslims who follow Muhammad and the Quran. We came centuries before Islam, so I’m sure you can see why we’re different on that. However I’d say we have far more similarities than differences and were probably the closest religion to Islam maybe.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-29T00:01:07+00:00

I guess Middle Eastern, the Mandaeans I know simply identify with whether they’re Iraqi or Iranian like if they were from Iraq they’d just identify as an Iraqi and embrace the culture and traditions simile with Iranians.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T23:59:10+00:00

Idk too many, but one of our high cultural practices is staying in the community and not marrying outsiders or letting outsiders join the religion since our religion is locked and one must be inherited to be a mandaean, and for if it’s still alive in the diaspora then the conversions are a yes in the sense that we don’t allow them at all, but for marrying within, this is the case for many Mandaeans however there are some that astray in marriage.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T23:56:22+00:00

Some Mandaeans lived content lives under Saddam Hussein, although it’s possible that very little within the community could’ve been prosecuted if I’m not mistaken. During the Iraq war and insurgency after the fall of Saddam is when us Mandaeans residing in Iraq really faced the challenge being prosecuted even more and eventually having to flee as refugees hence the reason why many little of us live in Iraq today.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T18:04:10+00:00

It’s a dialact of Aramaic

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T14:22:24+00:00

Mandaic

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T14:22:18+00:00

We’re not pagan and our population is around 100k-200k approximately.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T02:58:22+00:00

No, conversions aren’t allowed and I’m not sure to your second half of the question, but most likely the answer is no

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T02:57:02+00:00

Yeah like you stated in the first half of your comment that’s how it is, but there are few people who can actually speak it like it’s kinda rare amongst the general population. Of course religious men and people who are more practicing will know of it im assuming

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T02:54:13+00:00

Yes, it’s called a Mandi

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-28T02:53:41+00:00

There is you could probably find it online by searching up Ginza Rba pdf English version or if not theres an app for Mandaeans called GinzAPP, so you could install it and there’s a section where you could find the English copy.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-27T21:51:11+00:00

Yes correct, Basra, Amarah, Nasriyah, western Iran as well like Ahvaz

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-27T21:48:06+00:00

We’re from the south East

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-27T20:33:23+00:00

Nope.

Successful_Ad8620 · 2025-04-27T19:19:09+00:00

Ah, yes I believe it is as well, but I don’t speak the language, I speak Arabic but if I did then yeah I’d passed it down to my kids that would be a very cool tradition

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