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How are the religions of the Arabs Persians and kurds diverse?
Yes. Most Arabs and Kurds are Sunni Muslim and most Persians (Iranians) are Shiite Muslims, but there are many religious minorities among all three of these peoples. Many of those minorities are oppressed in some or most of the nations where these peoples live.
Are the kurds an ethnic or religious group?
The term "Kurds" is an ETHNIC classification. It refers to a group of people who have similar cultural norms, a unique language, and similar appearance. Kurds actually have a huge religious diversity. While the majority of them are Sunni Muslims, there are also religious minority Kurds, such as the Yarsani, Yezidi, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Jewish Kurds.
What are some differences between Sunnis and Kurds?
Most Kurds are Sunnis, so this question makes little sense as put. When the "Media" refers to the conflict between "Sunnis and Kurds" they are using the word "Sunni" as shorthand for saying "Sunni Arabs" in order to distinguish them from "Shiite Arabs". There are linguistic, cultural, and ethnic differences between Arabs and Kurds.
What two religious or ethnic groups were kept down by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship?
The Kurds (an ethnic group) and the Shiite Arabs (a religious group) were the most prominent of Saddam Hussein's ethnic/religious adversaries, but many smaller groups like the Marsh Arabs, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Turcomans (Iraqi Turkmen), the Jews, the Yazidis, Catholics, etc. were also targeted by Saddam Hussein.
Which have the most members Kurds Arabs or Persians?
Arabs (420 million) are more numerous than Kurds (35 million) and Persians (70 million).
What is the major ethnic group southwest Asia?
The Arabs are the most populous, but there are also Persians, Kurds, Turks, and numerous smaller minorities.
Which ethnic group is in northern Iraq?
The Kurds are the most populous ethnic group in northern Iraq, but there are other minorities such as Arabs, Turkmen, Yazidi, Azeri, Turkish, and Persian.
Which ethnic group is locatted in northern Iraq?
There are quite a number of ethnicities in northern Iraq, but the most numerous and most famous is the KURDS. Other ethnic groups in northern Iraq include: Assyrians, Arabs, Turkmen/Turcoman, Shabakis, and Yezidis.
What is Turkey's most common ethnic group?
The Turks are the most common ethnic group in Turkey.
What ethnic group lives in the mountains in Iraq?
There are quite a number of ethnicities in the mountains of northern Iraq, but the most numerous and most famous is the KURDS. Other ethnic groups in northern Iraq include: Assyrians, Arabs, Turkmen/Turcoman, Shabakis, and Yezidis.
How long have the Sunnis and Shiites been fighting against each other?
Sunni and Shiite are different sects of Islam, but Kurds are an ethnic group. Kurds are predominantly Sunni Muslims (although there are minorities of Shiite Kurds, especially in Iran, and non-Muslim Kurds as well). As a result, it is incorrect to call the Kurds a "religious faction" since what sets them apart in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey is their ethnicity, not their religion. The Sunnis and Shiites have been religious rivals since the mid-600s C.E. since the First Islamic Civil War or Fitna al-Kubra. Historically, in Iraq, the Sunnis had control after the Shiites lost the First Islamic Civil War and the Shiites were repressed almost consistently for 1300 years. Kurds were largely absent from this since Kurdistan was separately administrated from the Arab-populated areas, assuming that it was even in the same empire. In terms of the three-way political fighting between Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs, and Kurds, this only started when the borders of Iraq were artificially drawn in 1919 to give the British access to petroleum reserves in Basra (in the Shiite-Arab-dominated south) and Mosul (in the Kurd-dominated north). Initially, there were some Kurdish independence movements in the 1920s in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, but all were brutally supressed by the national governments of those countries. As Iraq began to have a more Pro-Arab and Secularist agenda and alignment before and after World War II, the Kurds suffered more and the Shiite Arab situation did not improve from historical intemperance. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Iraqi government committed numerous atrocities against the Kurds (especially), but also against Shiite Arabs, and other religious minorities, including the Anfal Campaign (which is considered a genocide against the Kurds) as well as the Dujail Massacre against Shiite Arabs (which was the primary charge for which Saddam Hussein was hanged in 2006). This violence led to the Kurdish and Shiite Arab uprisings in late 1991, following Iraq's defeat in the Persian Gulf War of 1991. Again, the government brutally supressed these uprisings. With the US invasion and the Iraq War, the governing structure of Iraq was put into flux and the different groups (Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs and Kurds) are now vying for political power. As concerns the current interaction between Sunni Kurds, Sunni Arabs, and Shiite Arabs in Iraq, their fundamental differences are religiosity (how religious they are), tribalism, factionalism, militarism, and historic enmities. The conflict between these groups in modern Iraq is for the most part political, economic, and social (as opposed to religious) even though religious dialogue is often used to excite combatants.
What are Arabs' religious beliefs?
The majority are Muslims followed by Christians followed by Jews.
