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Archives: Sunnis
![Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/saudi-arabia-official-hate-speec-187x137.jpg)
![Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/muslim-rohingya-refugees-from-bu-187x137.jpg)
Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”
TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…![Al-Sadr in Jidda: Are Saudis looking for channel to Iran, or anti-Iran Client?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/al-sadr-in-jidda-are-saudis-look-187x137.jpg)
Al-Sadr in Jidda: Are Saudis looking for channel to Iran, or anti-Iran Client?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday paid a visit to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port, Jidda, at the invitation of the Saudi…![Does Sunni Fragmentation after ISIL threaten Iraq’s Future?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/does-sunni-fragmentation-after-i-187x137.jpg)
Does Sunni Fragmentation after ISIL threaten Iraq’s Future?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - As the date for a Baghdad summit on unity nears, the cracks are showing. It seems the country's Sunni politicians can’t even…![Why Mosul Matters](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/why-mosul-matters-187x137.jpg)
Why Mosul Matters
The Economist | (Video News Report) | - - "Mosul stands on the brink of recapture from Islamic State fighters, but the future of the city is uncertain. With several parties jostling…![The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-top-4-challenges-facing-the-187x137.jpg)
The top 4 Challenges facing the Arab World
By Tarek Osman | (Project Syndicate) | - - LONDON – Fifty years after the Six Days War, the Middle East remains a region in seemingly perpetual crisis. So it is no…![Could ISIL attacks in Tehran plunge the Middle East into greater turmoil?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/could-isil-attacks-in-tehran-plu-187x137.jpg)
Could ISIL attacks in Tehran plunge the Middle East into greater turmoil?
By Mohammadbagher Forough | (The Conversation) | - - Iran experienced its first major ISIL attack on June 7, as armed men and suicide bombers targeted two symbols of the Islamic Republic…![US faces risks as Trump misreads the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/us-faces-risks-as-trump-misreads-187x137.jpg)
US faces risks as Trump misreads the Middle East
Francis Ghilès | (OpenDemocracy.net) | - - Militarising the region further and taking sides in a recently concocted sectarian conflict will likely end in tears. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Saudi King…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/file-20170523-5782-1o7pzq7-187x137.jpg)
What is the Sunni-Shiite Divide into Which Trump just Stepped?
Ken Chitwood | (The Conversation) | - - In his address in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, May 21, while calling on Muslim leaders to lead the fight against terrorism, President Donald Trump…![Pope Francis, Islam and Peace-Building](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/pope-francis-islam-and-peace-bui-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis, Islam and Peace-Building
Interview by Jayson Casper | (Informed Comment) | - - Dr. Kamal Boraiqa is a lecturer at al-Azhar University and a member of al-Azhar Center for Dialogue, the al-Azhar Observer for Combating…![Can Iraq’s Sunni Politicians agree on post-ISIL Future](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/can-iraqs-sunni-politicians-agre-187x137.jpg)
Can Iraq’s Sunni Politicians agree on post-ISIL Future?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - "Iraq’s Sunni Muslims desperately need their politicians to present a united front and act in their interests. But the politicians cannot agree on…![Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/syrias-forgotten-pluralism-and-w-187x137.jpg)
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today
By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | - - The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a million people and left over 12 million,…![After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/after-mosul-can-iraq-survive-wit-187x137.jpg)
After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?
By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | - - The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State [group] (IS) has entered its crucial phase. The Iraqi…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/image-20170221-18624-16m3tdk-187x137.jpg)
Dear Trump officials: Stop confusing Muslim Conservatism with Terrorism!
By Z. Fareen Parvez | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration has been using the phrase “radical Islam” when discussing the “war on terror.” From his inauguration address to remarks…![Does Turkey’s Erdogan Dream of Neighboring Mosul?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/does-turkeys-erdogan-dream-of-ne-187x137.jpg)
Does Turkey’s Erdogan Dream of Neighboring Mosul?
By Lucy DerTavitian | (Informed Comment) | - - The battle over Mosul appears to have ignited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansionist Ottoman era fantasies. He gained a few more adversaries…![Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/sectarian-tensions-flare-in-bagh-187x137.jpg)
Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods
By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Several Sunni Muslim families were forced out of their mainly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Baghdad recently. Locals fear the creeping return of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/imagescms-image-000024607-1-187x137.jpg)
Sunni Clans in Iraq threaten Reprisals against ISIL Collaborators
Kamal al-Ayash | Anbar | (Niqash.org) | - - In Ramadi, tribes are marking houses belonging to suspected Islamic State [group] collaborators with special graffiti. Often the houses are demolished two or…![Will Iraq’s next Government be . . . Iran-backed Shiite Militias?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/will-iraqs-next-government-be-ir-187x137.jpg)
Will Iraq’s next Government be . . . Iran-backed Shiite Militias?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - The [so-called] Islamic State [IS] group has caused a realignment of Iraq’s political map. Next year’s provincial elections will signal who will…![Defeating ISIL in Iraq will Take Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation, not Just Tanks](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/defeating-isil-in-iraq-will-take-187x137.jpg)
Defeating ISIL in Iraq will Take Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation, not Just Tanks
By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - As Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian forces squeeze its territory in the Arab world and Turkey hunts down the group’s support networks and sympathisers…![Is Religion really Driving Middle East Violence?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171001230251im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/is-religion-really-driving-middl-187x137.jpg)