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Two countries that compete for the leadership of Islam, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, have used the sectarian divide to further their ambitions. How their rivalry is settled will likely shape the ...

It has come to this: the hatred between Iraq’s warring sects is now so toxic, it contaminates even the memory of a shining moment of goodwill. On Aug. 31, 2005, a stampede among Shi’ite pilgrims on a ...

Read short biographies of some of the major figures in our series about the split between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Read short biographies of some of the major figures in our series about the split ...

Protests continue around the world over Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 anti-government activists, among them four Shiite Muslims, including a prominent Shiite cleric. The executions have fueled ...

An excerpt from Geneive Abdo's new book. Editor’s Note: Reprinted from The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi’a-Sunni Divide by ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Islamic Center held a community prayer in Albuquerque Tuesday night for the four Muslim men who were killed. Meanwhile, in Washington DC, Sunni and Shia community ...

Blogger Sietske in Beirut has just published an article on the Shia-Sunni divide — in Dutch. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building ...