Former environment minister of Iraq, Mishkat Al Moumin – now director of the Washington-based Women and Environment Organization – addressed a seminar on human rights and religious freedom, sponsored by the Canadian Baha’i community, held in Winnipeg on Monday, 21 June. It is often environmental problems – such as a basic lack of a water or hygiene – that drive people to violence, and not necessarily religious belief, Dr. Al Moumin told the gathering.