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Sunnis, Sunni islam UK / USA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/
sunnishia_1.shtml

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/
syrian-shiites-other-minorities-flee-lebanon-fearing-islamist-rule-2024-12-13/

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/
714297520/war-of-the-worlds

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
opinion/the-world-reaps-what-the-saudis-sow.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/11/
466290011/the-precarious-existence-of-irans-sunni-muslims

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/
opinion/john-bolton-to-defeat-isis-create-a-sunni-state.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/07/02/
418920909/sunnis-flee-the-islamic-state-but-still-fall-under-suspicion

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/
opinion/isis-atrocities-started-with-saudi-support-for-salafi-hate.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/04/18/
304187407/sunni-discontent-fuels-growing-violence-in-iraqs-anbar-province

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/world/middleeast/
hezbollah-makes-vow-to-step-up-sunni-fight.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/
opinion/dangerous-divisions-in-the-arab-world.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/middleeast/
turkish-alawites-fear-spillover-of-violence-from-syria.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/middleeast/
large-scale-killings-reported-in-restive-syria-city.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/
world/middleeast/19egypt.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/world/middleeast/
11tantawi.html

Sunni cleric > Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi USA 2011

banned from the United States and Britain

for supporting violence against

Israel and American forces in Iraq

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/
world/middleeast/19egypt.html

Sunni terrorist groups > ISIS USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/
opinion/saudi-arabia-qatar-isis-terrorism.html

The Taliban, a Sunni Islamist group USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/taliban

Shia / Shi'a UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sunnishia_1.shtml

Shia UK spelling

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/oct/02/
iran-shia-muslims-mud-rubbing-kharrah-mali-ashura-
in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/16/
from-tehran-to-beirut-shia-militias-aim-to-firm-up-irans-arc-of-influence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/08/
iraq-pilgrims-killed-in-attack-on-shia-sacred-site-north-of-baghdad

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/30/
isis-militants-behead-syrian-women-witchcraft

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/22/
syrian-kidnap-lebanese-pilgrims-shia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/05/iraq-
shias-targeted-bomb-blasts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/
tariq-aziz-sentenced-death-hanging

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/13/
iraq-middleeast

Shiite / Shi'ite / Shia US spelling

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/
world/middleeast/lebanon-protests-shiites-hezbollah.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/
714297520/war-of-the-worlds

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=R6-6wV0agvs - NYT - Dec. 17, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/
world/africa/nigeria-military-abuses.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/01/
540962593/suicide-attack-on-shiite-mosque-leaves-at-least-29-dead-in-afghanistan

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/
opinion/saudi-arabia-qatar-isis-terrorism.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/world/middleeast/iran-saudi-arabia-
execution-sheikh-nimr.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/
opinion/dangerous-divisions-in-the-arab-world.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/world/asia/
bombing-in-shiite-district-of-karachi.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/world/middleeast/
explosions-across-baghdad-kill-dozens.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world/asia/
suicide-bombers-attack-shiite-worshipers-in-afghanistan.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-saudi-
protests-idUSTRE72O3RL20110325

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/uk-bahrain-
protests-idUKTRE72E24K20110315

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/world/middleeast/22bahrain.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/middleeast/30sadrcity.htm

Lebanon’s Shiites USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/
world/middleeast/lebanon-protests-shiites-hezbollah.html

Syrian Shi'ites

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/
syrian-shiites-other-minorities-flee-lebanon-fearing-islamist-rule-2024-12-13/

chiites FR

http://www.lemondedesreligions.fr/savoir/
les-hazaras-minorite-chiite-montante-de-l-afghanistan-25-02-2011-
1246_110.php

Shiite cleric

Ashura,

the holiest festival on the Shi'ite religious calendar

celebrate

the martyrdom of Mousa al-Kadim,

a revered religious figure among Shia Muslims UK

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/31/
iraq

violence against Shias UK

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/21/
iraq-car-bomb-baghdad-sadr-city

sectarianism USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/
opinion/dangerous-divisions-in-the-arab-world.html

Islam's Sunni-Shiite split FR / UK / USA

What are the differences

between Sunnis and Shias?

How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6213248.stm

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/
714297520/war-of-the-worlds

http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2016/01/08/
qu-est-ce-qui-oppose-les-sunnites-et-les-chiites_4844042_3218.html

http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/visuel/2016/01/05/
en-carte-chiites-et-sunnites-au-moyen-orient_4841942_4355770.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/world/middleeast/
q-and-a-how-do-sunni-and-shia-islam-differ.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/world/middleeast/
17awakening.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/13/iraq-middleeast

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/
opinion/17stein.html

USA > Sunni-Shiite divide USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/
714297520/war-of-the-worlds

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/18/
447155494/with-song-and-celebration-mosque-chips-away-at-sunni-shiite-divide

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/
world/middleeast/16cnd-baghdad.html

Sunni and Shi'a UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/
religions/islam/subdivisions/sunnishia_1.shtml

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/
baghdad-car-bomb-kills-at-least-11-in-shia-district

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/04/
461912757/who-was-the-shiite-sheikh-executed-by-saudi-arabia

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2016/jan/03/
martin-rowson-execution-sheikh-nimr-iran-saudi-cartoon

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/03/
irans-leader-vows-divine-vengeance-over-clerics-execution-in-saudi

Sunni Islamist radicalism USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/
opinion/isis-atrocities-started-with-saudi-support-for-salafi-hate.html

sectarian violence > Middle East, Iraq, Syria

Sunni-Shiite Conflict Explodes in Iraq USA June / August 2014 - 2017

https://www.npr.org/2017/03/11/
519811636/explosions-in-damascus-target-shiites-from-iraq-kill-at-least-40

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/08/
508801443/baghdad-racked-by-a-spate-of-suicide-bombings-in-shiite-areas

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/15/
498079153/suicide-bomber-targets-shiites-in-baghdad-killing-at-least-32-people

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/
the-iraq-isis-conflict-in-maps-photos-and-video.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/
opinion/john-bolton-to-defeat-isis-create-a-sunni-state.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/world/middleeast/
isis-says-it-carried-out-bombing-that-killed-100-in-iraq.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/world/middleeast/
iraqi-forces-seize-large-parts-tikrit-islamic-state-militants.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/
opinion/isis-atrocities-started-with-saudi-support-for-salafi-hate.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/
the-iraq-isis-conflict-in-maps-photos-and-video.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/world/middleeast/
sunni-extremists-repel-kurdish-forces-in-iraq.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/
opinion/the-extremist-threat-to-iraq-grows.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/
iraqi-anger-rises-as-militants-attack-mosuls-cultural-history.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/
opinion/Let-Sunnis-Defeat-Iraqs-Militants.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/world/middleeast/
power-struggles-in-middle-east-exploit-islams-ancient-sectarian-rift.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/world/middleeast/
sunni-extremists-in-iraq-fire-mortars-into-shiite-shrine.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/world/middleeast/
in-the-shadows-of-shrines-shiite-forces-are-preparing-to-fight-isis.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/world/middleeast/
shiite-violence-traps-sunnis-in-baghdad.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/world/middleeast/
challenges-to-shiite-establishment-further-threaten-the-future-of-iraq.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/world/middleeast/
in-iraqs-sectarian-violence-a-show-of-each-sides-worst.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/world/middleeast/
sunni-militants-seize-crossing-on-iraq-jordan-border.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/world/middleeast/iraq-militia.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/middleeast/
sectarian-violence-appears-to-spread-to-streets-of-baghdad.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/middleeast/
obama-is-said-to-consider-selective-airstrikes-on-sunni-militants.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/world/middleeast/
ask-a-question-about-iraq.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/world/middleeast/
shiites-flock-to-join-militias-to-battle-Sunnis-who-are-driving-toward-Baghdad.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/13/world/middleeast/
in-iraq-crisis-a-tangle-of-alliances-and-enmities.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/
opinion/david-brooks-the-sunni-shiite-conflict-explodes-in-iraq.html

Iraq May 2014

Sunni Fighters Gain

as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/
world/middleeast/the-militants-moving-in-on-syria-and-iraq.html

Iraq January 2014

Radical Sunni militants aligned with Al Qaeda

threatened Thursday to seize control of Falluja and Ramadi,

two of the most important cities in Iraq, setting fire to police stations,

freeing prisoners from jail and occupying mosques,

as the government rushed troop reinforcements to the areas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/middleeast/
Al-Qaeda-threatens-Iraqi-cities.html

Iraq > power struggle

between Shia and Sunni communities 2013 UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/
sectarianism-divides-iraq-again

Iraq > Sunni mosque USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/
world/middleeast/16cnd-baghdad.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/
world/middleeast/16iraq.html

The Shia militias taking back Iraq from Isis

G 21 July 2016

The Shia militias taking back Iraq from Isis

Video The Guardian 21 July 2016

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcZT3YZqkYs

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