IRAQ: SHIA/SUNNI DIVISIONS HARDENKarlos Zurutuza
note:data represent population by self-identified nationality HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDSNA<1,000 (2020 est.) ReligionsMuslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015...
Islam is the predominant religion in Iraq, with approximately 99% of the population identifying as Muslims. Islam is further divided into Shia Islam and Sunni Islam. Shias attach great significance to Iraq due to the presence of numerous holy and sacred sites, particularly in Karbala and Najaf. ...
By updating the loop diagram to focus primarily on the role and function of the ISF, we can get beyond a list of the sources of failure and potential solutions to get at the heart of the problem: large segments of Iraq’s population (primarily Sunni Arabs and Kurds) do not trust the g...
Religions:Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu <.1, Buddhist <.1, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unafilliated .1, other <.1 note:while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates...
According to the Iraqi constitution, the next step was to elect a president, prime minister and speaker. The first should be representative of the Kurdish community, the second should be Shia, and the third should be Sunni. And the choice should be based on the consensus of the country's ...
The insurgents have pledged to march on Baghdad, but seizing and controlling the sprawling Iraqi capital, with its large population of Shias, is likely to prove much more difficult than advancing across a Sunni heartland with little sympathy for the central government...
Because the religious majority differs between countries, either the Sunnis or Shiites are being subjected to oppressive practices. For instance, in Bahrain the Sunni majority is exercising oppressive practices against the Shiites. This angers the Shiite population. Secondly, in Iraq, Sunni ...
In addition to the power shift between Sunni and Shia Muslims, the Iraqi people have also gained greater freedom to express their religious identities. The Shia and Sunnis are similar in over 95% of ways and the differences are not as acute as one might otherwise think. ...
of those displaced, 82% are women and children, making iraq's idps a particularly vulnerable population. according to the international organization for migration, more than 60% of iraq's displaced are shia arab; 27% are sunni arab, 3% are christian assyrian, and the remainder are kurds, ...