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Who fought majority of the Iran-Iraq War the Sunnis or the Shiites?
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∙ 11y ago
Shia.
shia Muslims live in many countries. Iran is the main Shia county and the leader of Shia Islam in world. Shia Islam constitute the majority of the population in Iran (90%), Azerbaijan (75%), Bahrain (30%), Lebanon (65% of Muslims) and Iraq (65%), Yemen (45%). Other countries with a significant proportion of Shia are Syria (15%), Kuwait (35%), Pakistan (20%), India (23% of Muslims), Afghanistan (15%), Saudi Arabia (18%), Turkey (20%), United Arab Emirates (16%), Qatar (15%), Albania(25%).
other Muslim countries are mainly sunni with minor shia population. Qum in Iran and Najaf in iraq are two main city of Shia Islam.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe majority of both Iran and Iraq are and where Shi'a Muslims and correspondingly large components of each army are Shi'a. but Saddam (the dictator ruler of Iraq at time) was a Sunni Secularist. Also since the Iranian forces were much larger than the Iraqi forces, it is safe to say that the majority of the war was fought by Shi'a.
It is important to note that the Iran-Iraq War, although framed in religious terms by some, was not a religious war. It was a conflict between two competing political ideologies and mandates.
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∙ 9y agoThe majority is Shiites. Iraq is 97% Muslim: 60-67% Shiites and 33-40% Sunnis.
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∙ 14y agoAbout 85% of Muslims are Sunni. The remaining 15% are mostly Shia.
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It depends. The Iran-Iraq War was a war of countries not a war of religions. Numerous Shiite Iraqis were part of the Iraqi Army and did their duty for the Iraqi Government. However, the vast majority of Shiites involved in the war fought on the Iranian side since Iran committed more soldiers to the war and Iran has a higher percentage of Shiites in general and in the armed forces.
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True. The majority of the Civil War battles were fought in the South.
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They get along but Slafi Muslims (like ISIS, Al-Qaede, Wahhabis,...) do not get along with both Shia and Sunni Muslims. they want to make war between Shia and Sunni and media propaganda shows that it is Shia/Sunni war. for example in Iran Shia and Sunni are living in peace and pray at common mosques. but ISIS is a different matter. it is managed by Israel to "Divide and Rule" Muslims.
Do the Jews fight with the Sunnis or Shiites?
Jews (as a group) do not fight with Muslims (as a group). There is certainly the Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli Conflict where a majority-Jewish army faces off against primarily majority-Sunni Arabs. However, the conflict is a nationalistic conflict where religion is only an ethnic-marker. Most Israelis are Jews and most Palestinians and Levantine Arabs are Sunni Muslims. However, Israel has also fought against Hezbollah and performed subterfuge against Iran which are both Shiite Muslim groups/countries.
What sorts of crimes did the Shiites perpetrate against the Sunnis?
Although most persecution in Islam has been anti-Shiite, the Shiites have also persecuted Sunnis under their watch. The first major attack of Shiites against Sunni leadership was in the final days of the Fatimid Caliphate when Fatimid rulers created the Assassins who took down many notable Sunni leaders such as Grand Vizier Nizam ul-Mulk of Baghdad, Mohammed Ghori, the Atabegs Maudud and Zengi of Mosul. The Assassins even targeted Saladin the Ayyubite, but were unsuccessful. The Persian Safavids fought several wars against neighboring Sunnis in Samarqand to the North and the Ottomans to the West. Ismail I (the first Safavid) adopted Twelver Shiite Islam and began to persecute the Sunnis in Iran. This reduced their community to a small minority in the Persian heartland. He destroyed numerous Sunni mosques and grave sites as well as mandating curses against the first three Rightly-Guided Caliphs. He also imprisoned and killed large populations of Sunnis for their beliefs and compelled conversion to Shiite Islam through violence. The Safavids also spread this form of Sunni oppression through conquest Azerbaijan and of southern Iraq and imposing conversion to Shiite Islam there as well. There are also current repressions of Sunnis by Shiites. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Shiite repression of Sunnis has become dominant again in Iran. Sunni Iranian Cleric Abu Muntasir Al-Baloushi has said that the government of Iran (because of its repressive practices towards Sunnis) is a greater threat to Islam than even Israel. In Iraq, Shiites and Sunni militants fight for the attempt to have greater control of the government after America removed Saddam and each group sought to advocate its views to the suppression of the other. As the Shiites are more numerous in Iraq, they seem to have the upper hand in determining policy. In Syria,the current civil war is between a secular Shiite-led government and the majority Sunni population of Syria which has historically been denied the same accessibility to jobs, healthcare, and living-standards.
Where was the Hundred Years' War fought?
the majority of the war was fought in France
Did the Shi'ites fight on the side of Iran in the Iran-Iraq war?
It depends. The Iran-Iraq War was a war of countries not a war of religions. Numerous Shiite Iraqis were part of the Iraqi Army and did their duty for the Iraqi Government. However, the vast majority of Shiites involved in the war fought on the Iranian side since Iran committed more soldiers to the war and Iran has a higher percentage of Shiites in general and in the armed forces.
Where were the majority of the Revolutionary battles fought?
Pennselvania!
Is al quaeda sunni or shi'a?
The correct answer is neither, actually. they are not Shiites, but they are also not Sunnis. The nice folks at Al-Qaida think that they are Sunni Muslims. In fact, they are not. A "Sunni" Muslim is one who follows the Sunnah (the example) of Prophet Muhammad. Now since Muhammad never allowed terrorism (he only fought when there was no choice, and he only fought against enemy soldiers, and never ever against civilians) then they clearly violate the Sunnah - completely. They are a deviant sect which has gone far beyond Islam.
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In the southern states
What dangers does Shiite Islam represent to Sunni Islam?
Answer 1There are no dangers to Sunni Muslims. They are under the protection of Almighty Allah Karim, if they remain true to Him and to the last Prophet of Islam our beloved Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW).Answer 2The theology and beliefs of Shiite Islam do not present any "dangers" to Sunni Islam. There are certainly disagreements such as the importance or infallibility of Imams, the role of the Mahdi, and methods of prayer, specific additional religious texts, etc. However, practice or belief in Shiite Islam is not a threat to the practice or belief in Sunni Islam. The two religions can easily be practiced in tandem.Unfortunately, the human followers of each religion have not always been as conscientious as they should be. While the dominant direction of persecution has been of Sunnis repressing Shiites, there are certainly instances of Shiites repressing Sunnis. Some of those "dangers" to Sunni Muslims perpetrated by Shiite Muslims are listed below:The first major attack of Shiites against Sunni leadership was in the final days of the Fatimid Caliphate when Fatimid rulers created the Assassins who took down many notable Sunni leaders such as Grand Vizier Nizam ul-Mulk of Baghdad, Mohammed Ghori, the Atabegs Maudud and Zengi of Mosul. The Assassins even targeted Saladin the Ayyubite, but were unsuccessful.The Persian Safavids fought several wars against neighboring Sunnis in Samarqand to the North and the Ottomans to the West. Ismail I (the first Safavid) adopted Twelver Shiite Islam and began to persecute the Sunnis in Iran. This reduced their community to a small minority in the Persian heartland. He destroyed numerous Sunni mosques and grave sites as well as mandating curses against the first three Rightly-Guided Caliphs. He also imprisoned and killed large populations of Sunnis for their beliefs and compelled conversion to Shiite Islam through violence. The Safavids also spread this form of Sunni oppression through conquest Azerbaijan and of southern Iraq and imposing conversion to Shiite Islam there as well.There are also current examples of repression of Sunnis by Shiites. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Shiite repression of Sunnis has become dominant again in Iran. Sunni Iranian Cleric Abu Muntasir Al-Baloushi has said that the government of Iran (because of its repressive practices towards Sunnis) is a greater threat to Islam than even Israel. In Iraq, Shiites and Sunni militants fight for the attempt to have greater control of the government after America removed Saddam and each group sought to advocate its views to the suppression of the other. As the Shiites are more numerous in Iraq, they seem to have the upper hand in determining policy. In Syria, the current civil war is between a secular Shiite-led government and the majority Sunni population of Syria which has historically been denied the same accessibility to jobs, healthcare, and living-standards.
Was the civil war was fought mostly on northern territory?
No. According to Civilwar.org, the majority of the battles were fought in Virginia and Tennessee.
True or False Most Civil War battles were fought in the south?
True. The majority of the Civil War battles were fought in the South.
What is the name of the Hindu minority group who fought a civil war with the majority?
Tamils
Was the majority of the civil war fought in the north?
It was mostly fought in the south with the exception of Gettysberg.
