Part 1
· 1.3 million
Muslims are Shia
· Shia are minority
· Concentrated in
Iran and southern Iraq
· The split
occurred after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in the year 632
· Shiites believe
that Muhammad was the final prophet to proclaim the true word of God, Sunnis
believe there are other prophets that followed
· Shiites are
looking for the coming of the Messiah.
Part 2
· Shiites of Iraq
and Lebanon were ruled by Sunni Ottoman sultans.
· The Shiites of
Arabia were under the authority of Sunni tribal leaders.
· The name Iran was
created by Pahlavi and the goal was to create a secular Government
Part 3
· The Shiites
although considered the minority they have become well known in the US.
· Revolutions happened to try and spread Islamic
beliefs throughout the Middle East
· They encountered
resistance from the Arab states led by Sunnis
· Sunni is Islam's
majority branch
· Sunni and Shiites
settled their differences violently
· Their objective
was to overthrow of secular governments and establishments of Islamic states
· President Ronald
Reagan sent U.S. troops to Lebanon to keep the peace
Part 4
· The United States
invasion of Iraq began on March 20th, 2003.
· Thought the war was
expected to be brief and islam would regain peace
· The U.S. claimed
that Iran was responsible for much of the violence in Iraq
· Clerics took the
lead because there's hardly any form of secular civil society in the country
today that can act as the nucleus of an Iraqi political system
· Shiite clerics in
Iraq worked hard to pursue their own model of government
· Shia never
governed a modern Arab state.
· Shia controlled Iran
while Sunnis controlled most of the Arab states in the middle East
Part 5
· Conflicts between
Shiites and Sunnis are yet to be resolved
· U.S. view Shiite forces
as very dangerous and hostile
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