---
"title": "Who Are the Iraqi Kurds?"
"description": "Kurds are playing a major role in the current conflict in Iraq, and are often mentioned alongside Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslim populations. But Kurds are an ethnic group, not a distinct religious sect within Islam; nearly all Iraqi Kurds consider themselves Sunni Muslims."
"date": "2014-08-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Benjamin Wormald"
    "job_title": "Senior Engineer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2014/08/20/who-are-the-iraqi-kurds/"
"categories":
  - "Islam"
  - "War & International Conflict"
---

# Who Are the Iraqi Kurds?