EFTA01074186Set 9
2011-04-1333p9,374w
rigged presidential
election.
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This time around, however, demonstrators are not predominantly
Shi'ite Iranian citizens protesting against the Islamic Republic's
tyranny, but rather Shi'ites in other ... portray itself as the voice of oppressed Muslims and a loyal patron
of Shi'ites in the Arab world. Bahrain's uprising has provided Iran
with ample opportunity ... demonstrating with shouts of "Where
is my vote?" The majority of these victims were Shi'ites, as were the
Bahraini victims.
Yet, in his recent speech in March, leader
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EFTA00973737Set 9
2013-10-1927p9,998w
Further, greater stability would likely
lead to a reduction in the growing persecution of Shi'a Pakistanis in the
area, which Iran would undoubtedly appreciate.
On the other hand, China ... along with the sectarian
civil war in Syria — has reignited Sunni resistance to the Shi'a al-Maliki
government. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been strengthened accordingly.
Arguably the greater ... threat to Iranian influence in Iraq is intra-Shi'a
squabbling and Iraqi nationalism. As the Iran-Iraq War demonstrated,
nationalism trumps sectarianism for Iraq's Shi'a population. With
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EFTA02691163Set 11
2011-07-0540p12,238w
down argument, and plunge
instead into a pluralistic discourse that will engage whole
populations.
SHI'ITE ABSOLUTISM, SUNNI ROYALTY
Some societies of West Asia ("Middle East"), nevertheless, are
markedly averse ... secular autocrat with his ecclesial equivalent, a Grand
Ayatollah. Jurist-theologians are ascribed a Shi'ite infallibility,
supreme in faith, practice, and policy. Their Supreme Leaders have
consigned thousands ... regional influence. Their tensions recently came to a head in
Bahrain, when the majority Shi'ite population arose to protest felt
discrimination by King Isa Al-Khalifa and his Sunni
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EFTA00705916Set 9
2014-03-0235p13,003w
Baathist regime in Syria, this is now impossible because of the
intensified Sunni-Shi'ite polarization in the Middle East.
The Saudi lack of appreciation for secularists, sympathizers ... Qaeda,
supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Shi'ite Baathist regime does
not leave any obvious group to support in Syria today. But supporting no
one does not project ... very
uncertain, since the Saudis believe that the Iranians want to encourage the
Shi'ites in Saudi Arabia to erupt. While the total number of Shi'ites inside
Saudi Arabia
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EFTA01276055Set 10
2015-10-02188p106,406w
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EFTA01073941Set 9
2011-10-1228p7,376w
Kingdom and Lebanon's Sunni leaders,
who Iran views as rivals to its Shi'a ally Hizballah. Information
leaked in U.S. diplomatic cables by Wikileaks has only exacerbated
Tehran ... influence. All that
changed when the American invasion of Iraq brought that country's
Shi'ites to power, and Sunni autocrats throughout the Arab world
became vulnerable to popular revolutions ... upper hand in
Lebanon, but Saudi Arabia crushed an uprising by Bahrain's majority
Shi'ites, accusing Iran of fueling the unrest.
Neither side has emerged on top in Syria
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EFTA00715602Set 9
2012-05-1528p10,187w
odds with the extremists; the region's formidable intelligence services; and,
finally, Shi'ite Iran's "dominant influence" in the area. "Al-Qaeda will
struggle to find a home ... Iraq, where some Sunnis chose to cooperate with al-Qaeda to
fight the Shi'ites." Still Saab and others say that it is precisely because of
the example of Iraq ... Syrian Army, many of which are named after
historical Sunni figures who fought against Shi'ites. Many rebels have also
taken to wearing distinctive Salafi-style beards (with shaved mustaches
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