Shi'a

• “At the heart of their fierce animosity is a debate over how to best protect Syria's myriad religious communities: Sunni Muslims, Shi'a Muslims, Christians, Druzes, Alawis, Jews, Yazidis, Ismailis, and others.”

  The Huffington Post: Mary Slosson: Debate Over Religious Freedom In Syria Causes Anger In Los Angeles Diaspora

• “Meanwhile, Christian, Shi'a, Druze, Iraqi, and Palestinian refugee minorities, which make up a quarter of Syria's population, have been asking what, exactly, is the agenda of opposition groups and will the resistance assure the security of minorities in a post-Assad scenario?”

  The Huffington Post: Majid Rafizadeh: Will Assad Survive?

• “Bahraini government officials sometimes privately tell U.S. official visitors that some Shi'a oppositionists are backed by Iran.”

  The Huffington Post: Sharmine Narwani: Rats, Roaches and Shiites

• “Bahrain's most popular Shi'a cleric is Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has occasionally endorsed the Iranian regime's doctrine of velayat-e faqih, and as a result is a lightning rod for loud Sunni criticism, and quieter criticism from some more orthodox Shi'a clerics.”

  The Huffington Post: Sharmine Narwani: Rats, Roaches and Shiites

• “Post's very rough estimate is that 30 percent of the Shi'a here follow clerics who look to more senior clerics in Iran for guidance.”

  The Huffington Post: Sharmine Narwani: Rats, Roaches and Shiites

• “It was against the backdrop of ignorance that our political leadership and their echo chamber in the media were able to sell the public on: the war's ease; the belief that we would be welcomed as liberators; and the notion that once the dictator was overthrown, democracy would flourish (remember neo-con Bill Kristol dismissing Iraq's Sunni/Shi'a tensions as "pop culture" for which he said "there's almost no evidence of that at all").”

  The Huffington Post: James Zogby: Our Ignorance and Our Interests: Why We Need to Learn More, Not Less, About Islam and the Arab World

• “During his trip to Lebanon, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit Dahiya, a heavily Shi'a southern suburb of Beirut, and tour southern Lebanon.”

  The Huffington Post: Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Iran's "Soft Power" Increasingly Checks U.S. Power

• “Whether we speak of Hizballah in Lebanon, Hamas in Palestine, or Shi'a Islamist parties in Iraq, Iran's regional allies are genuine political forces -- that is, forces that win elections because they represent important and unavoidable constituencies with legitimate grievances.”

  The Huffington Post: Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Iran's "Soft Power" Increasingly Checks U.S. Power

• “These include the institutionalised discrimination against the Shi'a in jobs, housing, and education.”

  The Huffington Post: Azadeh Shahshahani: The Bahrain 'Spring': The Revolution That Wasn't Televised

• “They also include the systematic political discrimination against the Shi'a both via their exclusion from positions of power in government and defence institutions, and through the practice of sectarian-based gerrymandering of electoral districts and manipulation of Bahrain's demographic makeup through political naturalisation of foreigners and extension of voting rights to Sunni citizens of other countries.”

  The Huffington Post: Azadeh Shahshahani: The Bahrain 'Spring': The Revolution That Wasn't Televised

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