Explore the Sunni vs. Shiite divide in Islam. Discover the history of the Shiite and Sunni conflict, why the split occurred, and what each branch...
Ilene R. Prusher writer of The Christian Science Monitor
AFP reportsthat both Shiite and Sunni Muslim preachers on Friday continued to protest against the assassination of Hamas clerical leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, “burning Israeli flags and accusing the United States of remaining silent over the killing.”(On Friday, the US vetoed an attempt by a maj...
A lot of people compare the differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims with differences between Protestants and Catholics, but are these even in the same category? There’s some validity there, though religious comparisons are dicey. The obvious similarity is that both are divisions within great ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday. The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov...
1.The number of minarets on a mosque indicates whether it is Shiite and Sunni.清真寺宣礼塔的数量代表,它是什叶派或逊尼派。 2.The victims are Shiites who had lined up for possible jobs.受害人是排队等候工作的什叶派教徒。 3.On Its Political Role of Iraqi Shi'ite Ulama试论伊拉克什叶派乌里...
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him. CompareSunni (def. 1). Shi•'ism(ˈʃi ɪz əm)n. ...
(typically they are drawn from the Badr Corps paramilitary of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq). They engaged the Sunni Arab guerrillas, and lost two of their men in the firefight. Ironically, SCIRI fighters and Mahdi Army militiamen had clashed with each other in Najaf not...
Will Iraq be Sunni Caliphate or Shiite Imamate? The article discusses the question if Iraq will belong to Sunni Caliphate or Shiite Imamate. It brings forth the major differences between Shiite and Sunni... SB Uzayr - 《International Policy Digest》 被引量: 0发表: 2014年 Sunni-Shiite Dominoe...
Prominent Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimiappealed Fridayfor the release of American journalist Jill Carroll and urged U.S. and Iraqi forces to stop arresting Iraqi women as a deadline set by the reporter's kidnappers was set to elapse. Al-Dulaimi promised to work for the release of all fem...