Shiite
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The more Israel drops bombs on the Gaza Strip and attacks Palestinians in the West Bank, the more angry Muslims become, whether Sunni or Shiite, which raises the question of whether the two sects of Islam could unite against Israel and its Western al...
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Sectarian violence looms between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq over the renaming of a Sunni mosque by the administration of the Shiite Al-Askari Holy Shrine in the city of Samarra in Saladin governorate, which has a Sunni majority.The Iraqi As...
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By AFPThree militants were killed overnight after an ambush in the southern Iraqi city of Basra sparked clashes between rival Shiite factions, a security source said Thursday, days after deadly clashes in the capital.Two members of Saraya al-Salam --...
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The political situation in Iraq worsened when Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on August 29 quit political life in protest against the failure of forming a government with his Iranian-backed Shiite rivals.
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By AFPTwo bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said."Unfortunately, we found this morning two bodies, a ma...
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By AFPIraqi rescue workers were Sunday battling to free at least six pilgrims trapped under rubble after a landslide hit a Shiite Muslim shrine in the central province of Karbala.Three children had been rescued since Saturday's disaster, emergency se...
