Kurds have been coming to Canada from Turkey, Iraq and Iran for decades. Over 90% of the Kurds in Hamilton are from a Muslim background. Today, many of the Kurds in Canada have shed their identity as Muslims.
Another important element of Iranian society is that two-thirds of Iran's 70 million people today are under 30 years of age, and half are under 20 years.
Iraq's population represents a wide spectrum of religious and ethnic groupings. Most Iraqis are Arabs and live along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, or on the fertile plain between the rivers. Bedouins roam vast deserts in the west and south.
Some immigrant families have become believers in Jesus Christ while in other countries, but there are few reports of similar developments in Turkey, their country of origin. It is thought that there is just a hand-full of Zaza believers in Turkey.
The first Kurdish diploma in history was supposedly issued in Sulaimaniya, and the first four Kurdish newspapers in Iraq were published in Sulaimaniya. The city has experienced many dark periods in its history. In 1985, when Sadam Hussein was in power, more than 200 surrounding villages were reduced to rubble.
Exact estimates of the Kurdish population is difficult and contentious, in some countries it is politically beneficial to minimize their numbers, while many Kurdish political groups feel it necessary to exaggerate their numbers.
