What are the differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and why are the two denominations fighting each other? – Robert, Sahuarita Dear Habibi,* The origin of the schism between the Sunni and Shia ...
Two countries that compete for the leadership of Islam, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, have used the sectarian divide to further their ambitions. How their rivalry is settled will likely shape the ...
The religious differences that contribute to Iraq's sectarian violence have deep historical roots. We asked University of Michigan professor of Middle East history, Juan Cole, when the split took ...
It has come to this: the hatred between Iraq’s warring sects is now so toxic, it contaminates even the memory of a shining moment of goodwill. On Aug. 31, 2005, a stampede among Shi’ite pilgrims on a ...
A few years ago I sat in on a meeting between a prominent Washington journalist and a group of foreign reporters. The journalist told the group that few Americans, even members of Congress knew the ...
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. We've been hearing a lot these past few weeks about the extremist Sunni militants ...
Emanuelle Degli Esposti has received funding from the British Academy, the Leverhulme Foundation, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, the Council of British Research in the Levant, and SOAS, ...
* Khamenei speaks on Prophet Mohammed's birthday * Says West is deliberately dividing Muslim world * Calls Israel a "dangerous and fatal cancer" TEHRAN, March 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader ...
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