Is a Shiite crescent extending from Beirut to Tehran emerging in the Middle East, as Sunni Arab leaders in Egypt ... Nasr writes in his new book, The Shia Revival, that war in Iraq will not ...

Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred ... Recent tensions in the Middle East and Asia have been interpreted in some sections of the media as religious ...

Shia vs Sunni in Syria: Syria, a country which constitutes 74% Sunni population was being ruled by Bashar al-Assad, affiliated with the Alawite sect, a syncretic sect with links to early Shi'ism ...

in our view , confirm that the signs of region-wide confrontation between adherents of Sunni and Shia schools of thought are becoming visible in the Middle East," he said. "Geopolitical ...

Although many Shia and Sunni Muslims cohabit peacefully, a Pew Research Center survey from 2012 shows that 40% of Sunni Muslims from the Middle East and North Africa do not accept Shias as fellow ...