Category Archives: Sunni Islam
Iraq: Religious differences more important than preventing mayhem and death
Co-operation? What’s that mean? SMH Sunni Muslim rulers have largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics in the era of the Arab … Continue reading
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Syria: Up to nine deaths in sectarian violence
SMH Witnesses on both sides of the divide and a medical worker who tracked the violence and collected the bodies said the tensions soared after a crowd of Alawites armed with sticks surrounded a mosque in a Sunni neighbourhood shortly … Continue reading
Lebanon: Islamic clergy reject law against domestic abuse
AFP Lebanon’s highest Sunni Muslim authority on Friday rejected a bill aimed at protecting women against domestic violence and marital rape, saying it would lead to the demise “of the family as in the West.” … Dar al-Fatwa also slammed … Continue reading
Pakistan: Sunni suicide bombings kill dozens at shrine
SMH. Two suicide bomb attacks outside a shrine in the central Pakistani province of Punjab on Sunday killed 41 people, a police officer says. The bombers struck outside the shrine of the 13th century Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan, popularly known … Continue reading
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