Thu. March 11, 2010
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Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2010
Ray Odierno's hand in his old neighborhood, Ghazaliya, where Ali commanded one of the first
Baghdad branches of a
Sunni paramilitary movement that helped ...
Voice of America
March 10, 2010
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi was the head of
Sunni Islam's most prominent seminary, the
Cairo-based Al-Azhar institute. The 81-year-old cleric had been in ...
Brattleboro Reformer
March 10, 2010
Africasia
March 10, 2010
Reuters
March 10, 2010
Al-Azhar, one of the most prominent seats of
Sunni Islamic learning in the Muslim world, has schools, universities and other educational
institutions across ...
Tablet Magazine
March 10, 2010
With the
Americans angry at the
Sunnis, and
Riyadh in particular, over the attacks, the
Iranians saw a window of opportunity to push their case that, ...
Christian Science Monitor
March 10, 2010
While preliminary
Iraq election results aren't due out until
Wednesday, turnout in
Sunni provinces was as high as 75 percent, say news reports. Many
Sunnis ...
euronews
March 10, 2010
Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, head of
Egypt's most prestigious seat of learning, al Azhar, suffered a heart attack earlier today during a visit to Saudi ...
Arab News
March 9, 2010
... the controversy over banning key
Sunni candidates from running could still be felt, but there were no major
boycotts and turnout among
Sunnis was high. ...
Washington Post
March 9, 2010
...
US officials hailed as a historic milestone -- and inflame supporters of a coalition that appears to have done well in secular and
Sunni communities. ...
Los Angeles Times
March 9, 2010
Participation is nearly 75% in
Sunni-dominated Salahuddin province. Turnout in
Baghdad is lower, possibly dampened by a morning bombardment by
militants. ...
Reuters
March 9, 2010
The turnout was higher than last year's provincial election despite attempts by
Sunni Islamist Insurgents to disrupt the vote with attacks that killed 39. ...
NPR
March 9, 2010
The Nation. (blog)
March 9, 2010
The clear intent of that effort was to force
Maliki to adopt a fierce, anti-Baathist (and sectarian, anti-
Sunni) stance, which partly succeeded, ...
Voice of America
March 9, 2010
... in 2005 when many
Sunnis boycotted the process. Authorities say more than 60 percent of voters turned out in
Iraq's
Sunni-dominated provinces of
Anbar, ...
The Sun Daily
March 9, 2010
Now
Sunnis are determined to make their votes count. Many see secular electoral lists with strong
Sunni components as the best means of regaining a fairer ...
BBC News
March 8, 2010
There had been fears that
Sunnis might stay away, amid feelings of widespread alienation from the political process after a widespread
boycott of the 2005 ...
Atlantic Online (blog)
March 8, 2010
Sunni Arab radicalism would likely be tamped down. For Washington, it would be the best of all possible worlds-- a pro-American
Iraqi government headed by a ...
AlterNet
March 8, 2010
Before they were united, but now they have different, separate lists, and it's the same with the
Kurds and
Sunnis. "Any delays in forming a government after ...
NPR
March 8, 2010
BBC News
March 8, 2010
The turnout is seen as a barometer of
Sunni political feeling. There had been fears that
Sunnis might stay away, amid feelings of widespread alienation. ...
Ynetnews
March 7, 2010
mortar rounds were fired at voting centres in
Baghdad and in Salahuddin province, a
Sunni stronghold that was home to toppled dictator
Saddam Hussein, ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
March 7, 2010
In heavily
Sunni Anbar Province, observers expected strong performances by former Prime Minister
Ayad Allawi's Iraqiya list the Iraqi Accordance Front which ...
Los Angeles Times (blog)
March 7, 2010
Wall Street Journal (blog)
March 7, 2010
Sunnis largely boycotted the previous national election, in 2005, which resulted in political alienation for the sect and helped tip the country near ...
Los Angeles Times
March 7, 2010
The group, which distributed warning fliers in
Sunni Arab neighborhoods, had hoped to discredit the democratic process and inflame tensions between
Sunnis ...
BBC News
March 7, 2010
As
Iraq goes to the polls, Gabriel Gatehouse looks at the fragile relationship between
Sunni and
Shia communities which holds the key ...
Aljazeera.net (blog)
March 7, 2010
The majority
Sunnis boycotted their first election in protest at
the US occupation, essentially falling prey to pride over prudence, and giving the polls ...
Washington Post
March 7, 2010
In four trips there as vice president, Biden said, "I have met with every single solitary one of the players in
Iraq --
Sunni,
Shiite, Kurd,
Christian. ...
Boston Globe
March 7, 2010
He also faces a challenge from secular alliance led by former a secular Shi'ite, Prime Minister
Ayad Allawi, who has teamed up with a number of
Sunnis in a ...
Voice of America
March 7, 2010
msnbc.com (blog)
March 6, 2010
Sunni Muslims were feeling increasingly excluded and punished by the
Shiite Muslim majority. It was victims' revenge for the
Sunnis, who were favored by ...
Times Online
March 6, 2010
money for some Shi'ite candidates is said to have come from
Iran, while Saudis are supposed to have funnelled cash to hard-line
Sunnis. ...
Herald Sun
March 6, 2010
But many
Sunnis have now begun engaging with the state, and
Sunni voters are expected to turn out in force tomorrow, in stark contrast to the last ...
Reuters
March 6, 2010
Toronto Star
March 6, 2010
Since November 2007, about 2000 people have died in clashes between
Shiites of the Turi tribe and rival Mangal tribe
Sunnis. With files from AP.
Los Angeles Times
March 6, 2010
But the ban could fuel
Sunni complaints of unfairness should the election not go their way, and it has heightened the
Sunnis' sense of alienation from a ...
Boston Globe
March 5, 2010
Tensions between
Pakistan's majority
Sunni Muslims and Shi'ites had made the road unsafe for the minorities traveling to the nearby
Kurram tribal region. ...
New York Times
March 5, 2010
... and its failure to prevent several major
bomb blasts, have cut into Mr.
Maliki's
Sunni support.
Sunnis also cite the widespread belief that Mr. Maliki, ...
