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  • The Shias are a unique race among Muslims , having an identity that cannot be diluted, though desperate attempts have been made by vested interests and the Shia Wahhabis, talibanisation of Shia Islam is a daunting task , but an agenda kept alive by the enemies of Hussain and the enemies of Shiasm.

    Hussainiyat is another name for Humanity « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • The Shias are a unique race among Muslims , having an identity that cannot be diluted, though desperate attempts have been made by vested interests and the Shia Wahhabis, talibanisation of Shia Islam is a daunting task , but an agenda kept alive by the enemies of Hussain and the enemies of Shiasm.

    2008 February 11 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • Iraq's Defense Ministry says a Sunni insurgent group has claimed responsibility in a Web message which calls Shias -- quote -- "venom" -- Wolf.

    CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2006 2006

  • It does, in fact, bring together a coalition of Sunnis and Shias, which is something that I think the Sunni insurgency was aimed at stopping.

    CNN Transcript May 25, 2006 2006

  • He's his ally right here in Iraq, and he's basically, he's urging all Sunnis to resist a Shia takeover of this country, saying Baghdad will never be ruled by the Shias, which is pretty impossible because Shias make up about 60 percent of this country's population, and Shias, of course, turned out in large numbers to vote on election day.

    CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2005 2005

  • The Shias are a minority in world Islam that follow a particular interpretation, spiritual and religious interpretation of Islamic history.

    The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa�ud from Tradition to Terror 2003

  • And he knows the Shias are a majority in a county where Sunnis such as him are a minority in fact.

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2003 2003

  • When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pronounced in April of 2006 that "Shias are mostly always loyal to Iran and not the countries in which they live", it was by no means a slip of the tongue but rather a well calculated move that even lead one of the 'clean break' strategy's "prominent opinion makers" to label Shias in the Persian Gulf as "Iran's Levant clients". [

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pronounced in April of 2006 that "Shias are mostly always loyal to Iran and not the countries in which they live", it was by no means a slip of the tongue but rather a well calculated move that even lead one of the 'clean break' strategy's "prominent opinion makers" to label Shias in the Persian Gulf as "Iran's Levant clients". [

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Next to women, the Shias were a major target of the brutalities and indignities of the Wahabi-Sunni-dominated Taliban Shoora and its militia called Lashkar Mohammadi.

    IntelliBriefs 2009

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