SHIA (57A: Counterpart of Sunni, in Islam) The two main branches of Islam are SHIA and Sunni. This History article gives an overview of how the two branches of Islam arose. ULTIMATE FRISBEE (60A ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched ... unseated last month in a lightning offensive led by the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Iran-allied groups ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad ...

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Under the new amendment, couples can opt for Shia Muslim or Sunni Muslim rules, and clerics and lawyers will have four months to establish community-specific regulations. In October, Amnesty ...

Proponents of the changes, which were advocated by primarily conservative Shiite lawmakers ... passed a general amnesty law seen as benefiting Sunni detainees and that's also seen as giving ...

Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni lawmakers last year introduced three bills which later became a headache for the parliament as discussions and voting on them were repeatedly delayed due to agreements.

“It has become settled that the finance portfolio will go to the (Shiite) Duo and it was agreed with Salam to name ex-MP Yassine Jaber for it,” al-Akhbar said. Informed sources meanwhile told the ...

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