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Tag: Shiite Muslims

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Are We Seeing the Outlines of a New Middle East?

July 13, 2025July 13, 2025NEIL MacFARQUHARComments Off on Are We Seeing the Outlines of a New Middle East?

Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next.

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Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began

July 5, 2025Farnaz FassihiComments Off on Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began

The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from public life had fueled speculation about his health and threats to his life.

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‘Muawiya,’ a Ramadan TV Series, Stokes Tensions Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims

March 28, 2025Ismaeel NaarComments Off on ‘Muawiya,’ a Ramadan TV Series, Stokes Tensions Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq.

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The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

February 4, 2025February 5, 2025ALAN COWELLComments Off on The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s richest hereditary rulers.

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Sectarian Violence Kills at Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan

November 23, 2024November 23, 2024Zia ur-RehmanComments Off on Sectarian Violence Kills at Least 25 in Northwest Pakistan

The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area.

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At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan

November 21, 2024Zia ur-RehmanComments Off on At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan

The attack was one of the deadliest in months of violence between Sunnis and Shiites in the Kurram region.

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Lebanese Fear That Wherever the Displaced Go, Israeli Bombs Will Follow

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024ALISSA J. RUBINComments Off on Lebanese Fear That Wherever the Displaced Go, Israeli Bombs Will Follow

Tensions among multiple sects in the country have long lurked just below the surface. As hundreds of thousands flee Israeli airstrikes in the south, those strains are worsening.

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Lebanese Fear That Wherever the Displaced Go, Israeli Bombs Will Follow

November 15, 2024ALISSA J. RUBINComments Off on Lebanese Fear That Wherever the Displaced Go, Israeli Bombs Will Follow

Tensions among multiple sects in the country have long lurked just below the surface. As hundreds of thousands flee Israeli airstrikes in the south, those strains are worsening.

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In a Region of Majestic Beauty, Sunnis and Shiites Wage Bloody War

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024Zia ur-RehmanComments Off on In a Region of Majestic Beauty, Sunnis and Shiites Wage Bloody War

In Kurram, near the Afghan border, Pakistan has been helpless to stop the latest outbreaks of a sectarian conflict that goes back decades.

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Who Is Hassan Nasrallah, the Leader of Hezbollah?

September 27, 2024September 27, 2024NEIL MacFARQUHARComments Off on Who Is Hassan Nasrallah, the Leader of Hezbollah?

In 32 years in charge of Hezbollah, Mr. Nasrallah, 64, has built the Iranian-backed militia into an influential force in Lebanon and a potent adversary of Israel.

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