The prayer stole features Christian emblems, including grapes used for wine - which for Catholics represents the blood of Jesus - and wheat for bread, or his body. There are Iraqi emblems, including date fronds, for which the country is well-known, and even symbols of Qaraqosh. "It features three crosses, which were designed to look like the crosses atop the Al-Tahera Church in the town, which was smashed by IS," Yaqo said.
AFP