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The Sunni-Shiite divide shapeshow Arabs are addressing Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 1 year ago
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The Daily Star Yemen's renewed violence is just the latest sign that the Arab Spring may be joining the list of those historical contagions that, in the fullness of time, did not turn out well. Indeed, its effect may be reaching countries in ways
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Islamic Center becomes hub for tolerance
Tehrān :: Iran | over 1 year ago
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In the Islamic Center of Lawrence a silent revolution of religious tolerance is brewing. The prayer hall has rival sects Shiites and Sunnis praying together promoting a high degree intrareligious faith. Worshippers like Hossein Gerami are among many
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Arab drama stirs sectarian debate in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | almost 2 years ago
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An Iraqi lawmakers' move to ban a television drama about events leading up to the historic split in Islam into Sunni and Shiite sects lays bare the fears of anything that could ignite sectarian tensions as U.S. troops prepare to leave. Iraq's
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Rising stature of holy city of Najaf reflects Iraq’s growing Shiite clout
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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Millions of Shiite pilgrims pour into the streets of Iraq's holy city of Najaf every year, hypnotized by its ability to survive decades of oppression and emerge as a center of religion and authority. With its gold-domed shrine, where Imam Ali, a
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Shrine's Rebuilding Renews Sectarian Tension In Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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March 24, 2011 Five years ago, Iraqi insurgents in Samarra, north of Baghdad, detonated four bombs in a shrine that is one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam. The destruction of the Askariya shrine brought the most vicious sectarian warfare that
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Iraqis eyeing Bahrain protests with anger, caution
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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Concerns over clashes in Bahrain between Shiite protesters and security forces from Sunni Arab states spilled over into Iraq on Thursday as thousands of protesters converged on holy shrines in a show of Shiite support and lawmakers debated how to
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Samarra Journal: Rebuilt Iraq Mosque Buoys Spirits, but New Sectarian Splits Loom
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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Five years after an insurgent bombing partly destroyed the shrine and spawned waves of sectarian killings, its rebuilt concrete dome again hangs like a low moon over the city. Two new minarets are wrapped in a bird's nest of scaffolding. And with
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Samarra Journal: Rebuilt Iraq Mosque Buoys Spirits, but New Sectarian Splits Loom
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 years ago
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Five years after an insurgent bombing partly destroyed the shrine and spawned waves of sectarian killings, its rebuilt concrete dome again hangs like a low moon over the city. Two new minarets are wrapped in a bird's nest of scaffolding. And with
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Iraqi PM replaced security with loyalists
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 2 years ago
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired dozens of officers from the security and intelligence services early this year and replaced them with inexperienced political officers loyal to his Shiite Dawa party, U.S. officials reported in February,
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The Iraq War, Which One?
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 2 years ago
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Travelling in and out of Iraq for years, there was always one constant presence, Larry Kaplow. You'd run into him waiting to get your press card, you'd see him at the Hamra hotel, or at a Green Zone checkpoint. You'd strike up a conversation and
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