shiite
shee ahyt
- n a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
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- Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.
June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Iraqi Shiite fighters' role in Syria grows more prominent, raising sectarian tensions at home
BAGHDAD †The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.
June 10, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions - NBC40.net
BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening.
June 10, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
Quotes
- Vladimir Putin in USA Today
Of course, Saddam Hussein ought to have been hanged for destroying several Shiite villages,Putin said in Moscow. "And the incumbent Georgian leaders who razed ten Ossetian villages at once, who ran elderly people and children with tanks,... - Muqtada al-Sadr in USA Today
I am with every Sunni, Shiite or Christian who is opposed to the agreement ...... and I reject, condemn and renounce the presence of occupying forces and bases on our beloved land,al-Sadr said in a message read to the crowd by a senior aide. - Gordon Brown in Washington Post
Brown, who is expected to succeed Blair when the prime minister steps down this year, said the execution "has done nothing to lessen tensions between the Shiite and Sunni communities."