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SUNNI

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2016
How to help the Mideast
The vast majority of people in the region want legitimate states that uphold the rule of law, protect civic rights and promote coexistence among communities.
WORLD
May 28, 2016
Hajj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal
An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to attend the Muslim hajj pilgrimage this year, Saudi media have reported, a second failure by the rival Middle East powers to strike a deal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2016
How the Saudi king benefits from cleric's death
By beheading of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi King Salman is sending a message to adversaries at home and abroad.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2016
Riyadh makes the world a more dangerous place
Essentially, Saudi Arabia is an early version of the Islamic State that won social acceptance in the West.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2016
Saudi Arabia's perilous divides
Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has exposed the dangerous political, religious and socioeconomic fault lines that run through the kingdom and the Gulf.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2015
Darker horizons ahead: rethinking the war on IS
The war on Islamic State and other extremist groups cannot possibly be won as long as corrupt, violent regimes remain the only alternative to radicalization and extremism.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2015
Peace talks scrubbed as fighting engulfs Yemen; Houthis suffer first key setback in south
Local Sunni Muslim militia ejected Shiite Houthi rebels from much of the southern Yemeni city of Dalea on Monday, residents and combatants said, inflicting the first significant setback on the Iranian-backed rebels in two months of civil war.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2015
What good is an Arab armed alliance?
Will an Arab military alliance leave the Middle East better or worse off, particularly given today's growing Sunni-Shiite divide?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015
Tehran once again a player
Iran is back, and there is great dismay in the palaces of Riyadh.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015
A Sunni coalition is a welcome development
The U.S. and Israel should probably welcome the Egyptian president's announcement of an agreement by the Arab League to create a joint military force, as the Islamic State group is unlikely to be defeated by air power alone.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2014
West must better understand Iraq to defend it
U.S. and allied airstrikes against Islamic State might unseat the group's fighters in critical areas of Iraq, but as things stand, troops from a rebuilt Iraqi Army will be needed to hold and govern liberated territory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 6, 2014
Iraqi tribesmen hid under corpses to escape from Islamic State
Muhammed Hilal and about 100 other members of Iraq's Albu Nimr tribe felt safe hiding from Islamic State militants in tall grass — until the headlights of dozens of cars exposed them.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2014
Islamic State fighters vow safe passage, then execute 220 Iraqis from opposing Sunni tribe
Islamic State militants executed at least 220 Iraqis in retaliation against a tribe's opposition to their takeover of territory west of Baghdad, security sources and witnesses said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2014
Sectarian tension threatening to tip Lebanon
With all eyes focused on sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria, little attention has been paid to Sunni-Shiite relations in Lebanon, where the potential for a perfect storm is brewing.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2014
Iraq collapsing
Islamic militants have overrun northern Iraq, taking control of the country's second-largest city and sparking fears of the collapse of the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2014
Sunni-Shiite divide pre-empts tranquil future
As long as Sunnis and Shiites refuse to think about their past together, it is difficult to foresee a tranquil future for Iraq.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 16, 2013
Nationalism, Tibetans and Uighurs in today's China
Nationalism arouses solidarity and generates identity politics that threaten ethnic and religious minorities. Defining the "we" also defines the "they" — and the latter is inexorably marginalized.

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