Who are Syria's Alawites? The sect facing violence after Assad's fall
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
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Who are the Alawites, why are they being killed in Syria?
A religious minority in Syria, the Alawite sect makes up 12% of the country's population, whose majority belongs to the Sunni ...
Who are Alawites and why they are being butchered in this Muslim country? Experts say revenge…, Sunni population…
Armed Sunni groups, considered loyal to the new regime after Assad’s removal, have begun retaliatory killings against ...
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What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shia Islam?
According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However ...
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Pope Francis’ tests show early kidney failure as 88-year-old remains in critical condition
Prayers for him poured in from around the world, from his native Argentina to the seat of Sunni Islam in Cairo to schoolchildren in Rome. In New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan admitted what church l ...
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How Erdogan’s Ottoman energy ambitions threaten Israel and the West – opinion
The developments in Syria are also a reflection of the titanic struggle between Shi’ite Islam, led by the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Sunni Islam, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey and ...
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Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them
When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of ...