Shi'ite revival roiling Mideast.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times;  August 20, 2006 ;     755 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES The world's Shi'ite Muslims, traditionally...fighters of Lebanon's radical Shi'ite Hezbollah movement in...Sunni Muslims. But the Shi'ite revival also poses major...world's most-populous Shi'ite state - Iran. Vali Nasr, Middle East scholar ...

Russia seeks to straddle Sunni-Shi'ite divide

Jerusalem Post;  February 12, 2007 ;   YANIV SALAMA-SCHEER;   487 words ......seeks to straddle Sunni-Shi'ite divide Byline: YANIV...relationships with the Shi'ite world, while at the...Russians at the head of Middle Eastern mediation. If...dialogue in respect to both Shi'ites and the Sunnis...Sunnis concerning a Shi'ite takeover. This ...

Shi'ite cleric gains sway across border

The Boston Globe;  May 14, 2007 ;   Anne Barnard;   787 words ......running the world's only Shi'ite Muslim state - a state...freewheeling experiment in Shi'ite empowerment taking...Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric - rather than...thought that says Shi'ite leaders should stay...Arbayeen, an important Shi'ite holiday. In ...

Islamist terror twins; Shi'ite, Sunni jihadists pose danger.(OPED)

The Washington Times;  July 31, 2006 ;     787 words ......distinction between Sunni or Shi'ite radicals, he concluded...addressing the turmoil in the Middle East focusing on Hezbollah as...Israel and controlling the Middle East is only part of the global mission of both Sunni and Shi'ite terrorists. Their goal...most virulent ...

Iraq shrine bombing fuels Shi'ite protests

China Daily;  February 23, 2006 ;     732 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...

Across the divide - Iran, in its effort to become a regional and global...

The Boston Globe;  May 20, 2007 ;   Anne Barnard; Anne Barnard; who was co-chief;   787 words ......wears the white turban of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric. His budget comes from the world's only Shi'ite theocracy, the Iranian government...Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East -- is no big deal, just...a century. In the 1950s, Shi'ite scholars sought Sunni ...

Bush warns against 'epic battle' between Shi'ite, Sunni extremists

Jerusalem Post;  January 25, 2007 ;   HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, Jerusalem Post correspondent;   787 words ......epic battle' between Shi'ite, Sunni extremists Byline...country's position in the Middle East is the greatest, US President...battle" between Sunni and Shi'ite extremists break out...of the risk posed by Shi'ite extremists. "Many are...

Cleric says U.S. blocking deal on power sharing; Shi'ite sees attempt to...

The Washington Times;  April 25, 2008 ;     524 words ......TIMES Lebanon's best-known Shi'ite cleric, in an interview, has...interview yesterday with The Middle East Times, an affiliate newspaper...Syria and Iran, he added. The Shi'ite cleric refused to condemn...relationship with the Lebanese Shi'ite movement. There is ...

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

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  February 18, 2007 ;     787 words ......but as a writer once quipped, it has a Shi'ite heart and a Sunni mind. In its eclectic...and nuts to mark Ashura, the most sacred Shi'ite Muslim holiday. Raucous festivals bring...the street to celebrate the birthdays of Shi'ite saints, a practice disparaged by austere...

VOA NEWS: SHI'ITE POWER SHIFTING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2006 ;     787 words ......leaders is emerging in the Middle East. Perhaps most prominent...killing of a pro-American Shi'ite cleric in 2004. And...Chris Toensing of the Middle East Research and Information...Nasrallah re-positioned the Shi'ite organization as a major...voice of the country's ...

SHI'ITE MARCHERS PROTEST US PRESENCE

The Boston Globe;  April 24, 2003 ;   Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff;   787 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 ;     787 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...

US convinced Shi'ite threat pushing Sunnis toward West

Jerusalem Post;  February 7, 2007 ;   HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, Jerusalem Post correspondent;   787 words ......02-07-2007 Headline: US convinced Shi'ite threat pushing Sunnis toward...argument that the ascendancy of Shi'ite Iran and its Hizbullah and...After the war in Lebanon, the Middle East really did begin to clarify...American Leadership in the Middle East, told The ...

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

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

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

The Washington Times;  March 28, 2005 ;     708 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...