APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map articles from June 2007

APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map archives from June 2007

Resurgence In The Shi'ite World - Part 18 - Iraq & Sadr Vs Hakim.
June 11, 2007... Rivalry between the Sadrist movement, headed by a young mullah Muqtada al-Sadr, and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), formerly known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), is bringing a major shift in the...

History Of The Sunni-Shi'ite Split.
June 11, 2007... The Shi'ites are the result of a violent schism which followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD, and through the centuries have generally been the losers in a struggle to lead the Muslims and to divide power. That has left them with...

The Salafis.
June 11, 2007... It is important to note that in the 18th century AD the Sunni world - constituting the bulk of the Muslims, even today the Shi'ites only account for about 10-12% of the Muslim world - featured a reformist movement led by Shaikh Muhammad ibn...

The Ja'faris.
June 11, 2007... The Twelvers follow the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadeq (the trustworthy), the great-grandson of Hussein. Ja'far was born about 699-700 or 702-703 in Medina and died there in 765 (allegedly poisoned). His mother, Umm-Farwa, was a...

The Safawi Movement.
June 11, 2007... Shi'ism has been a convenient banner under which the downtrodden could unite in hostility to the ruling Sunni class (whether this was Arab in the person of governors appointed by the caliph, or local rulers in Persia who had retained their...

The Decline.(decline of Kizilbash islamic sect)
June 11, 2007... Not only did Isma'il lose faith in his invincibility to Ottoman fire-power (Vs an army made up almost entirely of cavalry) - in the remaining ten years of his life he never again led his men into battle - but his Kizilbash who had worshipped...

The Current Iranian Theocracy.
June 11, 2007... Iranian critics of the Tehran regime today say openly that when they call Supreme Leader Ayatollah (Iranian spelling) Ali Khamenei a "shah" they mean a dictator who represents neither God nor the people. The difference with a Safawid shah is...