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Matti (name changed) from Iraq was born into a Christian family and loves Jesus ? but his ID card says he is a Muslim. This has stopped Matti from living the life he wants to live, including having a family of his own. And he is not the only Christian affected by this law. But thanks to you, lawyers like Mr Youhanna are fighting to restore their true identity.

Iraqi law forbids a person from changing their religion from ?Muslim? to ?Christian? on their official ID. Believers who find themselves in this situation can be extremely isolated: treated with suspicion by the Christian community, while also rejected by Muslims.

But there is hope. Mr Youhanna is a lawyer in Iraq who gives legal counsel to Christians who suffer this discrimination.

?Imagine you are a young man, aged 17 or 20, and because of your ID, you can?t get married or access the education you want or go to church ? all because it is written on your ID that you are a Muslim and you have to stay like that. And if you decide to change your religion, you don't have the right to do so,? Mr Youhanna explains.

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