HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Jews vs Arabs
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Sunni Muslims vs Shia Muslims
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Persians vs Kurds
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Jews vs Muslims
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shia–Sunni discord in Iraq starts with disagreement over the relative population of the two groups. According to most sources, including the CIA’s World Factbook, the majority of Iraqis are Shia Arab Muslims (60%), and Sunni muslims represent between 37% of the population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shi’ites believe that Islam should be led by descendants of Muhammad, while Sunnis believe that the leader of Islam should be appointed by election and consensus. Sunnis make up 84 to 90 percent of the world’s Muslims.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Taliban, predominantly Sunni Pashtuns with a support base concentrated in the country’s south, have refused to include other ethnicities or religions in their regime.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most Muslims are either of two denominations: Sunni (87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) or Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million people). Islam is the majority religion in several subregions: Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, West Africa, the Sahel, and the Middle East.