Sunni
‘I’ll warm myself on fire of revenge’: Hatred hangs in ruins of Iraq’s Sinjar
By Reuters — November 19, 2015
Islamic State militants overran Sinjar last year, purging its Yazidi population -- with the collaboration of Sunni residents who once lived in peace with their Yazidi neighbors.
Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shiites
By Reuters — October 27, 2015
QATIF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) The fate of Saudi Arabia's 2 million or so Shiites is closely watched because of the country's intimate involvement in the region's sectarian conflict through its rivalry with Iran and the teachings of its influential clergy that Shiism is heretical.
Campaign against Islamic State loses its Shiite religious name in Sunni region
By Reuters — May 27, 2015
The campaign name, with Shi'ite references that highlighted a dependence on Shi'ite paramilitaries could have alienated Sunni Iraqis.
The ‘Splainer: Who is the new caliph on the block?
By Kimberly Winston — July 1, 2014
(RNS) The last caliph reigned from the seat of the Ottoman Empire -- that’s Turkey to you -- until he was deposed in1924. Since then many Islamic groups have called for the re-establishment of the caliphate. So how big is the new caliphate, and what does it all mean?
England’s Muslim leaders to media: Don’t inflame Sunni-Shiite tensions
By Trevor Grundy — June 20, 2014
LONDON (RNS) Leaders of the Shiite community in the United Kingdom, about 5 percent of the total Muslim community, are doing all they can to tone down tension with Sunnis.
Sunni-Shiite violence soars in Pakistan
By Naveed Ahmad — February 3, 2014
(RNS) Tit-for-tat target killings between Sunnis and Shiites have escalated this past year, with Taliban forces repeatedly targeting Shiite processions and places of worship and Iran-backed Shiite groups retaliating.
Shi’i Islam: Origin and Foundational Teachings of Shi’ism
By Omid Safi — March 29, 2013
I am making available my two-part lecture plus a slideshow with lots of images to help explain the origin and foundations of Shi’i Islam.
Muslim women bridge differences to help refugees resettle in U.S.
By Omar Sacirbey — October 11, 2012
LYNN, Mass. (RNS) Iman Shati and Ayfer Abed Aljabar come from two different countries, two different cultures and even two different sects of Islam. Yet they're working together to help Iraqi refugees adjust to life in the U.S. by obtaining health insurance, driver's licenses and even laptops with Arabic letter keys. By Omar Sacirbey.
Shiite Muslims quietly establish a foothold in U.S.
By Omar Sacirbey — October 2, 2012
QUINCY, Mass. (RNS) Until recently, the overwhelming share of U.S. Muslims were Sunni. That's changing as Shiite Muslims flee persecution in their homelands and set up mosques in the U.S., presenting another face of American Islam and bringing overseas tensions within Islam to U.S. shores. By Omar Sacirbey.
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