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In Iraq, people traditionally organize politically by their religious group. As a result, there have been numerous confrontations between Iraq's diverse population for political advantages. Among these conflicts exists a conflict between Sunni Arabs and Shiite Arab, especially near Baghdad where the neighborhoods are evenly mixed between them.
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True or False The Arab-Islamic Abbasid Dynasty set up the first Shiite rule of Iraq?
False. The Abbasids were not Shi'a, they were Sunni.
Where are the Sunnis and Shiites located?
The largest Shiite communities are in Iran, Azerbaijan, southern Iraq, Bahrain, and northern Yemen. The Sunni communities are spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Europe, South Asia, and Indonesia. There are, of course, minorities of Sunni and Shiite Muslims throughout the world.
What group shaped the history of Iraq?
Iraq has been shaped by numerous different ethnic groups over the centuries. Currently the dominant three are the Shiite Arabs, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds, but there have been countless other countries, powers, and ethnicities that have left their mark on Iraq.
Why are sunni and shiites at war?
Personal benefits are the main reason for the discord between the two main sects of Islam. This fight is fueled by the so-called Muslim clergy who have material incentives in keeping the two sects fighting. It must be noted that reccently, the intensity of Sunni-Shia enmity has almost dropped low to zero. Look around and you wont find any Sunni-Shia fight going on ( except Iraq, of course ). The enmity between Saudi Arabia and Iran is not a Sunni-Shia thing but a political fight.
What Shiite dynasty carved out an empire in what is today Iraq and Iran?
mughals
Are most Iraqis Sunni or Shiite?
Iraq is majority Shiite, but has a significant Sunni minority.
Is Iraq predominantly shiite Muslim?
Yes the Muslims there are 70% shia and 30% sunni
What two religious sects in Iraq have had conflicts over the past few centuries?
The Shia (Shiite) and Sunni
The struggle between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in this time period centered on the nation of?
i think , it's not worth fighting over territory because the worls is going to end in 2012 anyway ..
How were Al-Qaeda members positively identified in Iraq?
AL-Qaeda members in Iraq can be identified by their Sunni version of Islam. Sunni mosques will have terrorist Al-Qaeda members. Another way to find them is if they are from outside of Iraq, as Iraq's main population are Shiite Muslims. Also, as a point of information, the former dictator of Iraq was a Sunni Muslim.
Was Iraq involved in any civil wars?
IT is in one right now bitween the two religions sunni and shiite
Are the Sunnis or Shiites fighting in Iraq against the US?
The United States is no longer in Iraq. When the US was in Iraq, the answer to this was very complicated. First, we must assume that by "Sunni" you are referring to "Sunni Arabs" in short-hand since the Kurds are also majority Sunni, but are very religiously diverse and have distinct motivations and militias from the Arabs. There were a number of Sunni militias such as the "Sons of Iraq" that fought alongside the US soldiers, there were Sunni militias that primarily targeted Shiite militias or the Peshmerga and had minimal contact (positive or negative) with the US military, and there were Sunni militias such as the "Islamic State of Iraq" and "al-Qaeda Iraq" which directly opposed the US military. There were several Shiite leaders (especially Ayatollah al-Sistani) whose forces supported the US and integrated into the Iraqi Armed Forces and the US-Supported Government of the Republic of Iraq and there were several Shiite militias such as "Jaysh al-Mahdi" and "Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq" which opposed the US military. The Iraq War had multiple different conflicts going on contemporaneously and the US was just one party in several of them.
What do the Sunnis and the Shiites have to do with the Iraq War?
In Iraq, people traditionally organize politically by their religious group. As a result, there have been numerous confrontations between Iraq's diverse population for political advantages. Among these conflicts exists a conflict between Sunni Arabs and Shiite Arab, especially near Baghdad where the neighborhoods are evenly mixed between them.
Are the kurds in northern Iraq predominantly sunni or shia?
Yes, but there are minorities of Shiite Muslim Kurds, Yazidi Kurds, and Baha'i Kurds.
True or False The Arab-Islamic Abbasid Dynasty set up the first Shiite rule of Iraq?
False. The Abbasids were not Shi'a, they were Sunni.
What is the US role in the Sunni and Shiite Conflict?
No. The Sunni-Shiite Divide occurred in the 600s C.E., over 800 years before Colombus even discovered America. There are Muslims that claim that the United States is taking activities designed to keep the Sunnis and Shiites from reconciling, but even if it were true, this would not make the United States in anyway responsible for the original split and the majority of Sunni-Shiite animosity and grievances. This is false, though, since Sunni and Shiite Muslims have actually been brought together politically by the United States both domestically and in Iraqi politics. The United States has never supported a country or an army because it is Sunni or Shiite and even its detractors have noted that the United States supported Shiite Iran (under the Shah), Sunni Iraq (under Saddam Hussein), Wahhabi Saudi Arabia, and Israel all for primarily strategic reasons.
What is Iraq and Iran are predominately this type of what Muslim?
Iran and Iraq consist of primarily Muslims adhering to the Shiite (or Shia) sect of the Islamic religion. In Iran, about 90% of people are Shia (the rest being Sunni), and in Iraq, about 55% are Shia, and 45% are Sunni (with ethnic Kurds being 15% Sunnis of total population of Iraq).
