Iraq reopens old faultlines in Muslim politics; Volatility between Sunni...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  February 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......evolved. But the Shi'ite community - as...minority in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait...Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia - for the Shi'ite movement Hezbollah...assertiveness of Shi'ite Iran, while the...as Egypt and Saudi Arabia diminishes. ...

Iraq shrine bombing fuels Shi'ite protests

China Daily;  February 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Iraq: A dawn bomb attack wrecked a major Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra...mosques were damaged in revenge attacks, Shi'ite militiamen posted themselves on streets and Iraq's senior Shi'ite cleric called for peaceful protests. Iraq...

VOA NEWS: IRAQI SHI'ITE, SUNNI POLITICIANS MEET

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 25, 2006 ;     225 words ......issued the following story: Iraq's top Shi'ite and Sunni politicians met in Baghdad Saturday...aftermath of Wednesday's attack on the Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra. Sunni politicians...together to calm the violence. Earlier, Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's representatives...

VOA NEWS: BLASTS KILL 36 AT SHI'ITE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES IN IRAQ

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2007 ;     253 words ......people were killed in bomb attacks against Shi'ite Muslims performing rituals for Ashura...a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque near the town of Mandali, close...toward a mosque. In Baghdad, at least five Shi'ite pilgrims were killed when their car was...

SHI'ITE MARCHERS PROTEST US PRESENCE

The Boston Globe;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......millions of pilgrims assembled here, the Shi'ite cleric who controls this holy town led...Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, a Shi'ite exile group long based in Iran, declared...the culmination of the most important Shi'ite holiday, a 40-day period of mourning for...

Shi'ite Marchers Protest U.S. Presence.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......millions of pilgrims assembled here, the Shi'ite cleric who controls this holy town led...Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, a Shi'ite exile group long based in Iran, declared...the culmination of the most important Shi'ite holiday, a 40-day period of mourning for...

IRAQ - Kurdish-Shi'ite Split Over Kirkuk Frozen.

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy;  October 10, 2005 ;     353 words ......the oil-rich zone of Kirkuk with Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari...15. Leaders of the Kurdish and Shi'ite Arab blocs met on Oct. 3-5 and...against Dr. Ja'fari, who leads the Shi'ite Islamist Da'wa Party and is a brother-in...Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (the highest ...

Shi'ite leaders vow security overhaul.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times;  March 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON TIMES BAGHDAD - Members of the Shi'ite coalition that won Iraq's elections are...United Iraqi Alliance, many of whose mainly Shi'ite members complain of being harassed by...laws are to be adhered to. But within the Shi'ite rank and file, there is mounting pressure...

TOP SHI'ITE CLERICS BEGIN TO PRESS FOR AN ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION

The Boston Globe;  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...NAJAF, Iraq Top Shi'ite clerics, emboldened by what they perceive...their followers for the coalition of Shi'ite religious parties, have already directed...of Islamist parties supported by the Shi'ite clerical establishment, has convinced...

A new dawn for the Shi'ite faithful

Middle East;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Abdullah explained in an early 2005 interview. Shi'ite reach runs eastwards as well. In Pakistan, Iranian-back...feud with Sunnis. In South Asia generally, the Shi'ite population is greater than Iraq's and in Azerbaijan, the population is overwhelmingly Shi'ite. "The ...

Shi'ite minarets reclaim skyline; Target of bans, Sunni militants.(PAGE...

The Washington Times;  July 7, 2007 ;     656 words ......Despite repeated assaults, minarets of Shi'ite mosques are reclaiming their places on...signs of liberation to the 15 million Shi'ite Muslims who were forbidden under Saddam...restricted the construction of minarets at Shi'ite mosques to check Shi'ite unity and ...

IN SHI'ITE WORLD, ANGER TOWARD US SEEN GROWING

The Boston Globe;  April 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......before the assassination of a pro-American Shi'ite cleric in Iraq this week, the humiliation...followers, who had traveled from across the Shi'ite world to reap blessings at this holy site...London, to help administer Najaf. To many Shi'ite Muslims, Khoei's willingness to work with...

Shi'ite demonstrators demand elections.(WORLD)

The Washington Times;  December 4, 2003 ;     500 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES HILLA, Iraq - Members of a Shi'ite Muslim movement demonstrated outside the...the most hard-line of the three main Shi'ite political movements. I pray to Allah that...aimed at strengthening the hand of the Shi'ite majority in the future government. Shi'it...

CLERIC'S MESSAGE STIRS FEARS RADICAL SHI'ITE VOWS MILITIA TO STAY ARMED

The Boston Globe;  September 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......defies both the US-led coalition and the Shi'ite religious establishment declared yesterday...Mohammed Baqir al- Hakim, the only senior Shi'ite religious leader with a credible political...Authority as well as for the establishment Shi'ite clergy, which has worked to restrain its...

VIOLENCE EXPOSES SHI'ITE DIVISIONS IRAQ SECURITY FORCES KILL 2 BAGHDAD...

The Boston Globe;  September 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......increasingly vitriolic and open split within the Shi'ite Muslim community. The rift between Sadr...also set off a new kind of violence between Shi'ite factions, which could spread to middle-class Shi'ite areas that have been comparatively quiet...