[Texas Fossil]

You said: “I’m less certain of the idea that there are other faiths beyond Islam among the Kurds.”

simply search: Kurds Christians Jews

I won't try to persuade you one way or the other, but there is evidence of religious tolerance that goes far back in history.

If you have Jewish friends who have connections in government, ask them about Kurds.

Here is the problem: If any ME nation embraces religious tolerance they are immediately ostracized and punished. Jews & Non-Muslims are the enemy to them. So we must be careful how we present the positions of those who are in fact receptive to other religions than Islam. It can cost friends their lives. I watched it happen to young people in Iran during the #IranElection phase on Twitter. (please don't flame me about Twitter)

[elhombrelibre]

I wasn’t doubting you. I know that the no-fly zone in Iraq’s Kurdish area, what’s now called the the Kurdish Regional Government, is very pro-American and very much like Europe or the USA, which is to say tolerant of different people. Many of the Special OPs guys really liked their time there.