Sectarianism

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First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 7 reports

In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for US

Washington: Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq.Unresolved sectarian tensions, inflamed by the raging civil war in neighbouring Syria, have combined ... [Published NDTV - 35 mins ago]
First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

MP: disagreements between parliament and government affect citizens

BAGHDAD / NINA / MP, the Iraqiya coalition, Ibrahim al-Mutlaq said that "The push and pull and differences between the legislative and executive branches reflected negatively on the citizens of the country of Sunnis and Shiites.""The political leaders ... [Published National Iraq News Agency - 1 hour ago]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 8 reports

Lebanon: Hezbollah must not spark sectarian conflict

President of Lebanon warns of guerrillas averting focus on Israel. ... [Published Jerusalem Post - 5 hours ago]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 reports

Iraqi Shiites, Sunnis hold joint Friday Prayers to thwart sectarian violence

Thousands of Iraqis have held unity prayers across the nation to show solidarity against attempts to push the country into sectarian strife.The joint Shiite-Sunni Friday Prayers came against the backdrop of growing anger countrywide over what Iraqi authorities, ... [Published IRIB World Service - 14 hours ago]
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Yoda Theory

p>At the fourth annual conference of the Project on Middle East Political Science here at GW, I was discussant for an outstanding paper which in part explored how and why protestors "broke the barrier of fear" in hyper-repressive states such as Syria ... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 12 hours ago]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Tariq Ali: Targeting Iran

The rise of sectarian violence and recent Israeli bombing indicate that the true aim of the Syrian civil war is to weaken Iran’s position in the region, Middle East expert Tariq Ali said in an interview with RT.Hezbollah militants are fighting beside ... [Published ZNet - 19 hours ago]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 reports

Video: Kofi Annan on diversity and peace in the 21st century

This video is from the Global Centre for Pluralism’s Annual Lecture delivered by Kofi Annan. On May 23, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner presented his ideas on sectarian division around the world and how ... [Published Globe and Mail - 13 hours ago]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 5 reports

Gunmen kill seven Iraqi soldier...

BAGHDAD: Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen yesterday, police and hospital sources said, as fears mount that Iraq might slide back into bloody sectarian strife.Ten years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Sunni, ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 24 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 5 reports

Deadly violence continues in northern Lebanon

At least five people have been killed in evening clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese fighters backing rival factions in Syria's conflict, security sources told Al Jazeera.The fighting on Thursday brings the death toll in the new wave of sectarian violence ... [Published Al Jazeera - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

12 dead in Pakistan bomb attac...

12 people have been killed after a bomb planted in a rickshaw struck a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan, killing several security personnel and wounding many more.At least ten of the dead were said to be security officials.The bomb, ... [Published di-ve.com - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

New strategy for shared education unveiled by Stormont leaders

A new strategy to heal sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland has stressed the crucial need to create a fully shared education system in the region. As well as setting that long-term goal, the much-anticipated blueprint unveiled by Stormont's leaders ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 5 reports

Syria's Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq

Ominous ties are emerging between skyrocketing sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria's civil war. Analysts say al-Qaida-linked militants are flowing back and forth from both countries and are seeking to use religious differences to bring down the government, ... [Published VOA News - May 23 2013]

Quotes

"I think Iraq is more stable today than many thought several years ago" Chollet replied
"Islamic scholars can never act on sectarian basis. Our duty is to insistingly meet on the main road to Islam and on the way to Koran and Sunnah and to protect and improve our brotherhood" Gormez said
"It is ironic that Lebanon's civil strife is playing itself out in Syria. The opposition remains without coherence and the regime is intent on taking back anything it promises with violence" said one diplomat
"The political leaders are responsible for the crisis of security deterioration witnessed in the country, because they have not done any positive step to end ongoing differences." He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /

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Mum's fury as sectarian thug, who beat and abus... [Published Daily Record - 20 mins ago]
IHC told: Missing man had links with Lashkar-i-... [Published DAWN Group - 20 mins ago]
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new t... [Published NDTV - 35 mins ago]
Letters from our readers [Published World Socialist Web Site - 36 mins ago]
A large number of Iraqis attended joint Shia-Su... [Published IQNA - 40 mins ago]
Top Turkish Muslim cleric rejects sectarian dis... [Published World Bulletin - 41 mins ago]
‘Obama surprise admissions in terror talk’ [Published Islam Times - 47 mins ago]
Tripoli clashes beginning to subside, Rifi says [Published NOW News - 48 mins ago]
Syrian opposition talks facing collapse [Published RTE Online - 1 hour ago]
Charbel defends Rifi’s Tripoli statement [Published NOW News - 1 hour ago]
MP: disagreements between parliament and govern... [Published National Iraq News Agency - 1 hour ago]
In Syria’s shadow, Iraq violence presents new t... [Published Today Online - 1 hour ago]
Presient G$l Addresses the 38th Conference of t... [Published Noodls - 2 hours ago]
Raad: Army being prevented from resolving Tripo... [Published NOW News - 2 hours ago]
MP: Signs of resolving political and security c... [Published National Iraq News Agency - 2 hours ago]
In Syria’s shadow, Iraq presents new test for US [Published The Malaysian Insider - 2 hours ago]
Jumblatt for extending parliament term due to ... [Published Ya Libnan - 2 hours ago]
New bombings strike Baghdad and Basra [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - 2 hours ago]
Iraq PM calls joint Sunni-Shiite prayers after ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - 2 hours ago]
Iraq PM says to overhaul security strategy afte... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - 2 hours ago]
Opinion: Sectarianism and Syria [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - 2 hours ago]
Iraq death toll stirs fears of civil war [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - 2 hours ago]
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new t... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 2 hours ago]
Thomas L. Friedman: Arab awakenings can’t succe... [Published Wichita Eagle - 3 hours ago]
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new t... [Published Morning Call - 3 hours ago]
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new t... [Published Sharenet - 3 hours ago]
State of emergency: The real issues [Published Daily Sun - 3 hours ago]
May 25, 2013 by Abbas Ali Sultani Kabul Univers... [Published Daily Outlook - 4 hours ago]
Shocking details of links between policemen and... [Published The News International - 4 hours ago]
The threat of fanaticism and sectarianism [Published Saudi Gazette - 5 hours ago]
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Yoda Theory [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - 12 hours ago]
p>At the fourth annual conference of the Project on Middle East Political Science here at GW, I was discussant for an outstanding paper which in part explored how and why protestors "broke the barrier of fear" in hyper-repressive states such as Syria ...
Yoda Theory [Published Marc Lynch - 12 hours ago]
p>At the fourth annual conference of the Project on Middle East Political Science here at GW, I was discussant for an outstanding paper which in part explored how and why protestors "broke the barrier of fear" in hyper-repressive states such as Syria ...
An Islamist Beheading In Britain, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - 12 hours ago]
Greenwald refuses to label the beheading in London “terrorism,” calling it just another attempt to stir paranoia against Muslims: [T]he term at this point seems to have no function other than propagandistically and legally legitimizing the violence ...
believers versus unbelievers in Syria [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - 19 hours ago]
"Syria has long been known for its sectarian diversity. How do you view the other sects? The other sects are protected by the Islamic state. Muhammad, peace be upon him, had a Jewish neighbour, for example, and he was always good to him. But ...
rehabilitation of Saddam [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - 19 hours ago]
There is a new phenomenon going on in oil and gas media: the rehabilitation of Saddam, and for purely sectarian purposes.  The same media, out of service to US imperial interests, demonized Saddam during the Bush's years.  Now the tyrant is being portrayed ...
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CrossTalk: 'Democratic Iraq' an Oxymoron? [Published Russia Today - YouTube - 21 hours ago]
Iraq still divided along sectarian lines [Published CNN.com - Video - May 20 2013]
'Syrian soaring sectarianism & division used to... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - May 20 2013]
Violence continues to sweep Iraq [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 18 2013]
One dead, dozens wounded in Egypt sectarian cla... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 18 2013]
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