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Article: IRAN: PARLIAMENTARIANS NOTE SUNNIS' DIFFICULTIES.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 9, 2001
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About 10 percent of the Iranian population practices Sunni Islam, while Shia Islam, the country's official religion, is practiced by about 89 percent of the population. In mid-April, some 30 Iranian parliamentarians noted their dissatisfaction that the Ministries of Education and of Foreign Affairs are failing to provide employment opportunities for the country's Sunnis, "Hayat-i No" reported. Other officials make frequent statements about unity in order to hide the friction between Iranian Sunnis and Shia and to avoid the impression that the Sunnis face discrimination. As if to emphasize the extent of this unity, the Sunni prayer leader of Zahedan, Molavi Abdulhamid ...