(1) Jassam is a Shi'ite Muslim.

(2) The U. S. accuses Iran of supporting Shi'ite Muslim groups, and there are concerns that Tehran might step up its activities in Iraq after the departure of U.

(3) An Iraqi Shi'ite boy, dressed as an ancient Islamic warrior, rides a horse as he takes part in the religious festival of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad.

(4) Nawar Sahili, an MP from Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Hizballah movement — the Salafists' most powerful local enemy — and a lawyer by training, offered Bakri his legal services.

(5) Shi'ite pilgrims from both Iraq and Iran frequent the shrine, and a tour-bus was reportedly damaged by the explosion.

(6) Bombs near five Shi'ite mosques killed at least 28 people across Baghdad on Friday, police said, and Iraqis blamed local forces now taking over from U.S. soldiers for failing to protect them.

(7) What of Moqtada al Sadr and his Shi'ite radicals, who insist on the U.S. leaving lock, stock and barrel?

(8) It also gives the Baghdad government unsatisfactory marks, for failing to prepare for local elections and couldn't (that could) reconcile Iraq('s) Shiite (Shi'ite) Sunni and Kurd's (Kurdish) factions.

(9) The sectarian clash disrupted the Herat Shi'ite community's traditional religious observance of Ashura.

(10) As a result, Washington urged Shi'ite leaders in parliament to lift the restrictions and make a gesture that could bring more Sunnis into the political process.

(11) It would be not only Shi'ite versus Sunni ... but [war] inside each community itself.

(12) Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims self-flagellate as they gather at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim Mosque in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad on July 7, 2010, to mark the death of the eighth century Imam.

(13) PROCESSION IN KABUL: Afghan Shi'ite Muslims flagellated themselves with chains during an Ashura procession in Kabul Thursday.

(14) Also on Saturday(), rebels with the Shi'ite Zaidi sect said they shot down a Saudi military helicopter in Yemen.

(15) From 1960 to 1970, Ayatollah Mohsen al-Hakim reigned supreme among the Shi'ites of Iraq, Iran and elsewhere.

(16) Iranian government TV showed what appeared to be large crowds of Shi'ite Muslims marching in the streets of the city of Zahedan behind a funeral cortege.

(17) The tribunal has recently come under heavy criticism by Hezbollah, amid news reports that members of the Shi'ite militia group and political party might be implicated in the killing.

(18) Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has struck a Shi'ite Muslim religious procession in the southern city of Karachi, killing 30 people and wounding dozens of others.

(19) That would make the central government in Baghdad all the weaker and inspire a similar break-away for the Shi'ite community in southern Iraq.

(20) The Iraqi Cabinet voted overwhelmingly to approve a new military pact with the United States, after weeks of bitter debate and fiery opposition from several influential shi'ite leaders.

(21) The Iraqi government's council of ministers has voted to approve a three-year military pact with the United States, despite the bitter opposition of several hardline Shi'ite leaders.

(22) Spokesmen for the Iraqi government and the movement of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr say the two sides agreed to a truce Saturday to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City.

(23) Bullet holes mark a door of a small shop in Sadr City, the fiefdom of the Madhi Army militia, loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

(24) And what of Iran, which apparently continues to aid and abet both Shi'ite and Sunni insurgent groups with IEDS and other weapons?

(25) The biggest single problem for the regime is the oppressed, contentious Shi'ite minority, who are fortuitously located just where the largest oil deposits sit.

(26) On the whole, with the state gaining more power, Shi'ite Ulama 's political role and social influence tended to reduce.

(27) They fear that Sunnis, who are a minority in Iraq but have long-dominated Iraqi politics, will be marginalized by the country's majority Shi'ite Muslims.

(28) The ayatollah was considered a relative moderate among the Shi'ite leadership, and he was sometimes criticized for allowing his followers to cooperate with the U.S. administration of Iraq.

(29) Israel and United States have succeeded in convincing the Egyptian and Saudi governments that "the Shi'ite tide" led by Iran is the greatest threat to the whole region, he said.

(30) Many Lebanese fear that an indictment of Hizballah personnel could lead to sectarian clashes between rival Sunni and Shi'ite factions.

(31) Men kneel outside a mosque during Friday prayers in Sadr City, a mostly Shi'ite enclave in Baghdad.

(32) Security has deteriorated sharply over the past year as rival Shi'ite Muslim groups tussle for power.

(33) Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias fought fierce gun battles on the streets of Basra after Iraqi troops launched a pre-dawn offensive to crack down on armed groups in the southern city.

(34) The election results announced the night before had been controversial. Two Shi'ite Muslim candidates had won in Gilgit.

(35) A policeman removes his motorcycle as angry protesters burn a vehicle in reaction to a bomb attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Lahore( ), Pakistan.

(36) Tehran, by virtue of its historical relationships with the Shi'ite parties and the Kurdish leadership, may wield greater influence than Washington in Baghdad, but it does not pull the strings.

(37) "Accusing a Shi'ite group of killing a Sunni leader leads to a catastrophe, " Ali Khreiss, a Shi'ite MP and ally of Hizballah said Tuesday.

(38) Abu Ghraib, a hard-bitten town surrounded by lush farmland, is one of the trouble spots for American soldiers facing fierce challenges from both Sunni Muslim insurgents and radical Shi'ite militiamen.

(39) Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism.

(40) Jundallah, the Sunni Muslim group which claimed responsibility for the bombings, says that it is defending the rights of Sunnis inside Shi'ite Iran.

(41) The attack in Sadr City Friday comes as Shi'ite Muslims observe the solemn Ashura holiday.

(42) Iraqi authorities say clashes between Shi'ite militias and Iraqi security forces have left 15 people dead in the southern city of Amara.

(43) Nearly everyone is Muslim, but in an equally diverse patchwork of Sunni, Shi'ite and Ismaili variants; the latter being a more liberal form of Islam, where the women go unveiled and are less secluded.

(44) The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.