A view of the entrance of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), Nineveh province, where the so-called Islamic State group chose to announce the establishment of its self-styled "caliphate" in 2014. About 30 kilometres (20 miles) to the south lies Qaraqosh, also known as Baghdeda and Hamdaniya, whose residents today speak a modern dialect of Aramaic, the language of Our Lord. (Photo by ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images)