Although the Iraqi Government was guilty of many human rights violations in the past they recently have asked for “tolerance for all religious communities and implemented reforms to rectify sectarian imbalances and hiring standards in government offices as well as provided security for places of worship including churches, mosques, shrines, and religious pilgrimage sites and routes.” ("International Religious Freedom Report for 2014") Nonetheless, in spite of these efforts to protect religious communities and sites, violence still continued to escalate between the religious groups. Because of this violence the security in Iraq has deteriorated sharply causing the government to loose control of territories to ISIS. “Freedom of belief and practice
