updated Sat. October 5, 2024
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Qantara.de
April 18, 2018
A further Sunni demand was that – apart from members of the official security forces, army and police – armed individuals should not be present at polling stations. With this, Sunnis are drawing attention to the fact that especially in places recaptured from IS, armed members of the "Popular MobilisationÃâà...
Vox
April 18, 2018
Iran's government is a Shia Muslim theocracy; Saudi Arabia's government is a monarchy closely aligned with the country's Sunni Muslim religious establishment. The two countries represent two ideological and political poles and have spent decades fighting each other for dominance in the Middle East andÃâà...
The Aggie
April 18, 2018
After the revolution, Iran assumed a theocratic system of government that was poorly received by both conservative Sunni monarchies (i.e., Saudi Arabia) and the United States due to their new government's anti-American rhetoric and Shia Islamic government. Given that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia haveÃâà...
Economic Times
April 17, 2018
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it won't stake claim to the ownership of the Taj Mahal. Asking senior counsel A.D.N. Rao appearing for the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to take instructions, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M.Ãâà...
The Tablet (blog)
April 15, 2018
It is between Sunni and Shia versions of Islam, and to some extent, it is also within them. Outsiders, particularly from the secular West, find it easier to impose familiar non-religious meta-narratives, such as that it is about Russian or Iranian expansionism, or both, or the brutal suppression of a popularÃâà...
The Tribune
April 9, 2018
Tribune News Service. Shimla, April 9. At least 15 houses were damaged in Sunday night's cloudburst at Jajehar village, 25 km from Sunni on Basantpur-Kingal road. Mud and debris entered the houses. Nine goat and three cows were washed in the heavy flow of water. No casualty was reported, however,Ãâà...
The New Arab
April 1, 2018
Pop superstar Cher has called on Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to release Prince Turki, a leading Saudi diplomat. Tags: Cher, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, Prince Turki. Pop idol Cher has called on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to release a jailed prince who is friendsÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
December 31, 1999
KUALA LUMPUR: Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin was today grilled on Shia and Sunni Islam, as he took the witness stand at the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia's (Suhakam) inquiry into the disappearance of an activist accused of practising Shia Islam. Lawyer Siti Kasim, appearing for the BarÃâà...
